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
You, the son of Lysias, the confidential captain of Hamilcar!
From Sónnica by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
And so Lysias, in the speech against Theopompus when on his trial for an assault, says, "But I myself drink ὀξύμελι."
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
Well, be it so; hence, bear him to his dungeon; Lysias, we here commit him to thy charge.
From The Prince of Parthia A Tragedy by Montrose Jonas Moses
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