Olynthus

American  

[oh-lin-thuhs] / oʊˈlɪn θəs /

noun

1. an ancient city in NE Greece, on the Chalcidice Peninsula.

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Olynthus British  

/ əʊˈlɪnθəs /

noun

1. an ancient city in N Greece: the centre of Chalcidice

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Other Word Forms

• Olynthiac adjective
• Olynthian adjective

Example Sentences

Unlike most large Greek towns, which grew gradually and haphazardly, Alexandria had commissioned planners, Deinocrates of Rhodes and Crates of Olynthus, to push through designs for her architecture and waterworks, respectively.

From Literature

In 349 Euboea and Olynthus were lost to the league, of which indeed nothing remained but an empty form, in spite of the facts that the expelled Olynthians appealed to it in 348 and that Mytilene rejoined in 347.

From Project Gutenberg

He espoused the cause of Philip in the war against Olynthus, and was thus brought into bitter and life-long enmity with Demosthenes, whom he at first supported.

From Project Gutenberg

Likewise Lasthenes betrayed the city of Olynthus to Philip of Macedon.

From Project Gutenberg

And Archestratus, praising the head of the glaucus, says— If you're at Megara or at Olynthus, Dress me a grayling's head.

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