Euboean
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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While fighting was in progress at Thermopylæ, a Greek fleet, under the command of the Spartan Eurybi'ades, that had been sent to guard the Euboean Sea, encountered the Persian ships at Artemis'ium.
From Mosaics of Grecian History by Marcius Willson
The valley of the Cephissus, a small stream running through Doris, Phocis, and Boeotia, into the Euboean Gulf.
From Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems by Matthew Arnold
Weeping he speaks, and gives his fleet the rein, And glides at length to the Euboean strand Of Cumæ.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor
So he sailed away without stop or tack until, a little before nightfall, Mount Ocha was seen upreared against the sky, and the pilot reported the Euboean coast.
From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Lewis Wallace
Having sailed through the Euboean Sea, the fleet kept on its way until it reached the Island of Salamis, in the Saron'ic Gulf.
From Mosaics of Grecian History by Marcius Willson
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