Halicarnassian
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Canon Rawlinson, in his unhappy version, does not perceive that the Halicarnassian means the jackal and blunders about the hyena.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Not three ships’ lengths behind the Halicarnassian raced the ship of the son of Miltiades.
From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns
If they display too nice an arrangement, the Halicarnassian shall vindicate me.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac
Accordingly he first attempted and prepared to persuade the citizens privately, and studied an oration composed to this purpose by Cleon, the Halicarnassian.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh
Concerning the Antheadæ as priests of Poseidon see an Halicarnassian inscription in Corp.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried
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