Mycale

American  

[mik-uh-lee] / ˈmɪk ə li /

noun

1. a promontory in W Asia Minor, in present-day W Turkey, opposite Samos: site of a Persian defeat by the Greeks in 479 b.c.

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Example Sentences

At the same time as this battle the remainder of the Persian fleet suffered a crushing defeat at Mycale, a promontory off the Ionian coast.

From Early European History by Webster, Hutton

Here will be seen the famous battles of Marathon, Thermopylæ, Artemisium, Salamis, Platææ, Mycale, Eurymedon, &c.

From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Rollin, Charles

A further disaster was inflicted on the same day at Mycale.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

My own brother, who at Mycale slew four Persians with his own hand, headed a detachment for forage.

From Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

At Mycale by Samos the Greek fleets had disembarked their crews and defeated the Persians almost at the doors of the Great King in Sardis.

From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns