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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Example Sentences

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

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

From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Crawley, Richard

While yet a lad he served in the campaign of Potidaea, where he shared the tent of Sokrates, and took his place next him in the ranks.

From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Stewart, Aubrey

At the close of the same winter, in fact almost in spring, Brasidas made an attempt upon Potidaea.

From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Crawley, Richard

When he was very young, he was a soldier in the expedition against Potidaea, where Socrates lodged in the same tent with him, and stood next to him in battle.

From The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls by White, John S. (John Stuart)