Megarian
- a word derived from Megara.
Example Sentences
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“Instead Pericles,” the Athenian leader, philosopher and orator, “convinced himself that he couldn’t concede a molehill — the Megarian decree — without a mountainous loss of credibility.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2018
The ἀφάβρωμα was an old-fashioned gown of the Megarian women, Plutarch Qu.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried
The mistake of his Megarian hostess seems to have arisen from his good-nature and simplicity.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume II by Stewart, Aubrey
And Ulpian said,—I will stop eating if you will tell me by whom these Megarian, or Thessalian groats are spoken of.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
And Stilpo, the Megarian, seems to me to have made a memorable answer when Demetrius enslaved Megara and rased it to the ground.
From Plutarch's Morals by Shilleto, Arthur Richard
