Pelopidas

American  

[puh-lop-i-duhs] / pəˈlɒp ɪ dəs /

noun

1. died 364 b.c., Greek general and statesman of Thebes.

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Example Sentences

Illustrating political theorist Benoît Pelopidas’s observation that luck has long played a “crucial role ... in preserving the world from nuclear devastation,” the BrahMos accident was not more consequential because of three lucky circumstances.

From Scientific American

Some of the greatest achievements of Epaminondas and Pelopidas are passed over in silence.

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Nor is any attempt made to appraise the policy of the great Theban leaders, Pelopidas and Epaminondas.

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Throughout life Epaminondas was distinguished for the friendship subsisting between him and Pelopidas, with whom he served in the Spartan campaign, 385 B.C.

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Returning to Thessaly next year at the head of an army he procured the liberation of Pelopidas from the tyrant Alexander of Pherae without striking a blow.

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