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Definition of Battle of Cunaxa
1. Noun. Battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne.
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Geographical relationships: Babylonia, Chaldaea, Chaldea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Battle Of Cunaxa
Literary usage of Battle of Cunaxa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"battle of Cunaxa. named Silanus, had predicted that there would be no engagement
within ten days. Cyrus had observed, that, if so, he should not have to ..."
2. Masterpieces of Greek Literature: Homer: Tyrtaeus: Archilochus: Callistratus by Clara Hitchcock Seymour (1902)
"THE battle of Cunaxa From the Anabasis, Boob I. viii. §§ 14-29. AT this time the
barbarian army was evenly advancing, and the Hellenic division was still ..."
3. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest. With by William Smith (1897)
"5. Passage of the Euphrates, and march through the desert. § 6. battle of Cunaxa,
and death of ... battle of Cunaxa ..."
4. A Critical History of the Language and Literature of Antient Greece by William Mure (1857)
"... AFTER THE battle of Cunaxa. THE whole tenor of Xenophon's narrative here seems
to prove, that Ari»us was playing a double game from the first; ..."
5. Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology by Society of Biblical Archaeology (1885)
"DEAR SIR, Will you kindly allow me to say a few words upon the criticisms made
of my explanation of the " battle of Cunaxa " by my old and good friend Mr. ..."
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