Lysias
Americannoun
noun
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Joseph Mike Lysias, of the Support Group to Repatriates and Refugees in Haiti, said the social, political and economic situation in the country has disproportionately impacted women.
From Washington Post ● May 12, 2022
“I’m bracing myself for a good few queries about the very prominent copy of the speeches of the ancient Athenian orator Lysias, standing out on my own shelves.”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 15, 2020
And the next year Lysias gathered together sixty thousand chosen footmen, and five thousand horse.
From Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students by Theodore Gerald Soares
In these words Lysias, having said that the chest was made of brass, shows plainly enough, as Callixenus also said, that they were things that might be used as stands for kettles.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way, deferred them, saying, "When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will determine your matter."
From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall
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