Thessalian
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Some of the most exquisitely crafted pieces are small decorative elements made for the harnesses of soldiers’ horses — the powerful and celebrated Thessalian breed, perhaps.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025
But do you tell me, O you Thessalian wrestler, Myrtilus! why it is that fish are called by the poets ἔλλοπες?
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
B. The keen Thessalian race you paint, Who can be sated never.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
When the king was a boy, Bucephalus was brought before Philip, King of Macedon, Alexander’s father, by Philonicus the Thessalian, and offered for sale for the large sum of thirteen talents.
From The Animal Story Book by Various
For example, if a Thessalian stock had believed in descent from an ant, and wished to trace their pedigree to Zeus, they had merely to say, "Zeus was that ant".
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew
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