Mantinea

[ man-tuh-nee-uh ]

/ ˌmæn təˈni ə /

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noun

an ancient city in S Greece, in Arcadia: battles 362 b.c., 223 b.c.

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Words nearby Mantinea

manteltree, mantic, manticore, mantid, mantilla, Mantinea, mantis, mantispid, mantissa, mantis shrimp, mantle

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How to use Mantinea in a sentence

Antigonus now advanced, took Tegea, and allowed his troops to plunder Orchomenus and Mantinea.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume IV|Aubrey Stewart
A genius, a master of strategy and king-craft has been quietly growing up in Mantinea, and we not a whit the wiser!
The Works of Lucian of Samosata, v. 4|Lucian of Samosata
Leaving Orchomenus at the first streak of dawn, he passed Mantinea still under cover of darkness.
Hellenica|Xenophon
But during his pause at Nemea those who shared the opposite policy had time to converge on Mantinea.
Hellenica|Xenophon

Only a snort time before one of their principal cities, Mantinea, had been robbed of its walls and converted into open villages.
Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15)|Charles Morris

British Dictionary definitions for Mantinea

Mantinea

Mantineia

/ (ˌmæntɪˈneɪə) /

noun

(in ancient Greece) a city in E Arcadia; site of several battles

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