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Delium

American  
[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

The Boeotians set up a trophy, took up their own dead, and stripped those of the enemy, and leaving a guard over them retired to Tanagra, there to take measures for attacking Delium.

From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Richard Crawley

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 Aubrey Stewart

Moreover, he went on the expedition to Amphipolis, and when Xenophon had fallen from his horse in the battle of Delium he picked him up and saved him.

From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various

Sulfur fumes used over 2,000 years ago in the battle at Delium and the threat of chemical and biological weapons in the Gulf War are superficially related.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin

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