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Delium

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[dee-lee-uhm] / ˈdi li əm /

noun

  1. an ancient seaport in Greece, in Boeotia: the Boeotians defeated the Athenians here 424 b.c.


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John Lewis, Currys, PC World and Argos will sell all three devices as well as other similar products made by Sony, Archos, Delium and others.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2012

By the words, "the utmost bound," Delium being intended, where Boeotia touches Attica, and by Orchalides, the hill now called Alopecus, which lies in the parts of Haliartus towards Helicon.

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

Delium is probably the only place on the eastern coast founded from Delos.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

Sulla was so well pleased that he was eager for an interview with Archelaus, and they met at Delium on the sea-coast, where the temple of Apollo is.

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

But Plato not being content with all these strange stories, introduces the valour which was displayed, or rather which was invented by him at Delium.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

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