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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

Why?—because he must remain at his post where the god has placed him, as he remained at Potidaea, and Amphipolis, and Delium, where the generals placed him.

From Apology by Jowett, Benjamin

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

The next day the troops at Oropus and Delium returned home by sea, after leaving a garrison in the latter place, which they continued to hold notwithstanding the defeat.

From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Crawley, Richard

Later, at the battle of Delium, Alcibiades protected and saved Socrates.

From Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles