Potidaea

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[pot-i-dee-uh] / ˌpɒt ɪˈdi ə /

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.

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On returning to Athens, the same armament was immediately conducted under Agnon and Cleopompus, to press the siege of Potidaea, the blockade of which still continued without any visible progress.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

The Corinthians likewise planted a few colonies on this coast, of which Potidaea, on the narrow isthmus of Pallene, most deserves mention.

From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Smith, William, Sir

He incited her tributaries upon the coast of Macedonia to revolt, including Potidaea, a town seated on the isthmus of Pallene.

From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Smith, William, Sir

A powerful Athenian armament was despatched to the coast of Macedonia and laid siege to Potidaea.

From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Smith, William, Sir

They then joined him in a war against Athens, and he gave up to them Potidaea, which had yielded to their united arms.

From The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes Literally translated with notes by Kennedy, Charles Rann