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Ialysus

American  
[ahy-al-uh-suhs, ee-al-] / aɪˈæl ə səs, iˈæl- /
Or Ialysos

noun

  1. an ancient Mycenaean city on the island of Rhodes.


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His friend too, in his native Ialysus, but who took Three silver talents with him, and his friend forsook.

From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Stewart, Aubrey

His master-piece was the picture of Ialysus, the tutelary hero of Rhodes, where he lived.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

Protogenes, i, 149; his Works, and his famous picture of Ialysus and his Dog, i, 149; Protogenes and Demetrius Poliorcetes, i, 28, and i, 149; and Apelles, i, 25.

From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) by Spooner, Shearjashub

This coincidence has been observed not only at Cnossus, but previously, in connexion with discoveries of scarabs and other Egyptian objects made at Mycenae, Ialysus, Vaphio, &c.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

A pleasanter cut and thrust bronze sword than the one found at Ialysus no gentleman could wish to handle.

From Homer and His Age by Lang, Andrew

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