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Ialysus

American  
[ahy-al-uh-suhs, ee-al-] / aɪˈæl ə səs, iˈæl- /
Or Ialysos

noun

  1. an ancient Mycenaean city on the island of Rhodes.


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Picture of Ialysus and his Dog, Protogenes, i, 149, and i, 281.

From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) by Spooner, Shearjashub

But Phorbas having met with shipwreck, he and Parthenia, the sister of Phorbas and Periergus, swam ashore to Ialysus, at the point called Schedia.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

A pleasanter cut and thrust bronze sword than the one found at Ialysus no gentleman could wish to handle.

From Homer and His Age by Lang, Andrew

At the time when Demetrius attacked the city of Rhodes, Protogenes was painting a picture of Ialysus.

From The Pleasures of Life by Lubbock, John, Sir

Aristomenes goes to Damagetus the Eratid, prince of Ialysus; the Lacedæmonians give Mothone to the expelled Nauplians.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

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