Nicias

American  

[nish-ee-uhs] / ˈnɪʃ i əs /

noun

1. died 413 b.c., Athenian statesman and general.

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Nicias British  

/ ˈnɪsɪəs /

noun

1. died 414 _bc , Athenian statesman and general. He ended the first part of the Peloponnesian War by making peace with Sparta (421)

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Example Sentences

Nicias, the peacemaker of 421 B.C., first opposes raiding Sicily because it would leave Athens undefended.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Peace of Nicias in 421 B.C. merely allows the parties to regroup.

From The Wall Street Journal

When his “political enemy,” the glib and popular Alcibiades, sways the assembly, Nicias replies that this means sending both a fleet and “large numbers of land forces.”

From The Wall Street Journal

In the year 413 BC, the Athenian general Nicias postponed a much-needed retreat because of a lunar eclipse.

From Salon

Abbe said, “We have this wonderful anecdote from Praxiteles, the Greek sculptor from the fourth century B.C. When he’s asked which of his sculptures he liked the best, he names those that the premier painter of the day, Nicias, ‘applied his hand to.’

From The New Yorker