Chaeronea

American  

[ker-uh-nee-uh] / ˌkɛr əˈni ə /

noun

1. an ancient city in E Greece, in Boeotia: victory of Philip of Macedon over the Athenians, Thebans, and their allies, 338 b.c.

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Chaeronea British  

/ ˌkɛrəˈniːə /

noun

1. an ancient Greek town in W Boeotia: site of the victory of Philip of Macedon over the Athenians and Thebans (338 _bc ) and of Sulla over Mithridates (86 _bc )

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Example Sentences

CHAERONEIA, or Chaeronea, an ancient town of Boeotia, said by some to be the Homeric Arne, situated about 7 m.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

She was a familiar deity at Orchomenus and Chaeronea for generations before Plutarch found in her legends a congenial field for the exposition of his concordat between philosophy and myth.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

Our native Chaeronea was then in a distressed condition, too small and too poor to meet with anything but neglect.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh

Moving south Sulla then met Mithridates’ army on the Boeotian plain and at Chaeronea gained a victory that rang through the world.

From Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men by Hamilton, Mary Agnes

After the campaign of Chaeronea, Philip II. of Macedon summoned a Greek congress at Corinth and left a garrison on the citadel.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various