Olynthian
- a word derived from Olynthus.
Example Sentences
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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 Pickard, Arthur Wallace
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 Pickard, Arthur Wallace
In 351 he commanded the Athenian forces in the Chersonese against Philip II. of Macedon, and in 349 he superseded Chares as commander in the Olynthian War.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
The creatures of Philip; they that, while the city stood, slandered and calumniated the honest counselors so effectually that the Olynthian people were induced to banish Apollonides.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
But Alexis, in his "Olynthian," mentioning the Phrygian figs, says— And the beautiful fig, The wonderful invention of the Phrygian fig, The divine object of my mother's care.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
