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
At an early period the Dorians had invaded and to some extent affected the character of the southern Thessalian and to a much greater extent that of the Boeotian dialect.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
A. Do they not say Thessalian are the best?
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
So Philonicus the Thessalian was told to take his horse back whence he came, for the king would have none of him.
From The Animal Story Book by Various
The Thessalian League originated in the deliberate choice by village aristocracies of a single monarch who belonged from time to time to several of the so-called Heracleid families.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
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