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Definition of Parians
1. parian [n] - See also: parian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parians
Literary usage of Parians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Decisive Battles of the World by Edward Shepherd Creasy, John Gilmer Speed (1899)
"His pretext, as general of the Athenians, was, that the Parians had aided the
armament of Datis ... The Parians pretended to treat about terms of surrender, ..."
2. Herodotus by Herodotus (1922)
"on the pretext that the Parians had brought this on themselves by first sending
triremes with the Persian fleet to Marathon. Such was the pretext whereof he ..."
3. The History of Herodotus by Herodotus, George Campbell Macaulay (1904)
"to sail to Paros with the pretence that the Parians had first attacked Athens by
making expedition with triremes to Marathon in company with the Persian ..."
4. An Analysis and Summary of Herodotus: With a Synchronistical Table of by James Talboys Wheeler, Herodotus (1852)
"With these he sailed against 133 Paros, pretending that the Parians had sent a
... Having driven the Parians within their walls, Miltiades sent a herald to ..."
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