Mantinea
Americannoun
noun
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Alarmed by the sudden growth of Thebes’s power, Athens and Sparta again joined forces and, in 362 BCE, fought the Thebans at the Battle of Mantinea.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
When the battle of Mantinea was fought, at which Epaminondas lost his life, Perdiccas, son of Amyntas, was the king of Macedonia.
From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John
The fountain in the temple of Erechtheus at Athens was supplied by a spring of salt water, and a similar spring supplied that in the temple of Poseidon Hippios at Mantinea.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
Socrates, 199, 200; tribute of, to Diotima of Mantinea, 11; influence of Aspasia on, 12, 13, 16; woman's equality with man asserted by, 15, 16.
From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine
In the year 387 they called the Thebans to assist in besieging the city of Mantinea, in a valley between Argos and Arcadia.
From Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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