Halicarnassian

/ ˌhælɪkɑːˈnæsɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the ancient Greek city of Halicarnassus

Example Sentences

Concerning the Antheadæ as priests of Poseidon see an Halicarnassian inscription in Corp.

From Project Gutenberg

Considering the sources of his information, and the license of invention accorded to travellers in all ages, the Halicarnassian was reasonably sceptical: and generally warns his readers when he is going to tell them “a bouncer,” by the words “so at least they told me,” or “so the story goes.”

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Not three ships’ lengths behind the Halicarnassian raced the ship of the son of Miltiades.

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If they display too nice an arrangement, the Halicarnassian shall vindicate me.

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It is ascribed by Plutarch to Pigres, the brother of the Halicarnassian Queen, Artemisia, contemporary with the Persian War.

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