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
O my dear Socrates," continued the stranger of Mantinea, "that which can give value to this life is the spectacle of the eternal beauty....
From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Cousin, Victor
At Mantinea has been found a basis whereon stood a group of Latona and her two children, Apollo and Artemis, made by Praxiteles.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
From Tripoli and from Megalopolis, which command their respective plains, excursions could be made to Mantinea, to Sparta, and best of all to Kalamata, where a coasting steamer calls frequently.
From Rambles and Studies in Greece by Mahaffy, J. P.
His great victory over the Lacedæmonians at Mantinea.
From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John
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