Olynthus
noun
an ancient city in NE Greece, on the Chalcidice Peninsula.
Olynthian
-
a word derived from
Olynthus.
Example Sentences
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The Olynthian cavalry, seeing how matters were going, and in dread of finding the gates closed upon them, wheeled round and retired with alacrity.
From Hellenica by Henry Graham Dakyns
It was not safe at Olynthus to be Philip's advocate, unless the Olynthian commonalty had shared the advantage by possession of Potidæa.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
Nor have we yet reached the limits of Olynthian expansion; there are their neighbours to be thought of—the kingless or independent Thracians.
From Hellenica by Henry Graham Dakyns
He thrice defeated the Olynthians in battle, and at last obtained possession of Olynthus itself by the treachery of Euthycrates and Lasthenes, the commanders of the Olynthian cavalry.
From The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 1 by Arthur Wallace Pickard
But when it came to the time for wine, he brought in an Olynthian woman —good-looking, but well-bred and modest, as the event proved.
From The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 1 by Arthur Wallace Pickard
