Halicarnassian

British

/ ˌhælɪkɑːˈnæsɪən /

adjective

of or relating to the ancient Greek city of Halicarnassus

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

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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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