Potidaea

[ pot-i-dee-uh ]

noun

1. a city on the Chalcidice Peninsula, whose revolt against Athens in 432 b.c. was one of the causes of the Peloponnesian War.

Example Sentences

At Potidaea he halted to make the necessary disposition of his troops, and thence advanced into the territory of the enemy.

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So at length Potidaea was strongly invested on either side, and from the sea by the ships co-operating in the blockade.

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The thirty ships of the Athenians, arriving before the Thracian places, found Potidaea and the rest in revolt.

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But the siege of Potidaea put an end to her inaction; she had men inside it: besides, she feared for the place.

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It was followed by a second, which ordered Athens to raise the siege of Potidaea, and to respect the independence of Aegina.

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