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Definition of Eumenes

1. Noun. Mason wasps.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eumenes

Literary usage of Eumenes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch (1919)
"When, then, Antigonus had decided to kill eumenes, he gave orders to deprive ... eumenes thus slain, on no other man than Antigonus did Heaven devolve the ..."

2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"According to Polybius there was some foundation for the suspicion, but eumenes declared that he had merely been negotiating for an exchange of prisoners. ..."

3. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"Battle between Antigonus and eumenes. — Stratagem of Antigonus baffled by eumenes. — Treachery of the Satraps. — Last Battle between Antigonus and eumenes. ..."

4. The Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and by Humphrey Prideaux (1845)
"And they were still encamped together after this victory, when eumenes' messengers came unto them; whereon they immediately marched to Susa, ..."

5. The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt by Sir Walter Raleigh, Thomas Birch, William Oldys (1829)
"Victories of eumenes in the Lower Asia. BEFORE we proceed in the relation of things happening about the person of the king, it is meet that we speak of ..."

6. Lectures on Ancient History, from the Earliest Times to the Taking of by Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Marcus von Niebuhr (1852)
"He had no friends: eumenes of Cardia alone was in connection with him, and drew close to him. As Craterus was the most chivalrous and gallant among the ..."

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