PLATAEA

Meaning of PLATAEA in English

Plataea BrE AmE plə ˈti ː ‿ə plæ-

Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary. Английский словарь произношений Longman. 2012

PLATAEA — or ~e geographical name ancient city Greece in SE Boeotia S of Thebes , ~n adjective or noun
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PLATAEA — Ancient city, Boeotia , east-central Greece, south of Thebes . Plataea was settled by Boeotians who expelled the earlier Bronze …
Английский словарь Британика
PLATAEA — /pleuh tee"euh/ , n. an ancient city in Greece, in Boeotia: Greeks defeated Persians here 479 B.C.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PLATAEA — geographical name or Pla·tae·ae -ˈtē-ˌē ancient city Greece in SE Boeotia S of Thebes • Pla·tae·an -ˈtē-ən adjective or noun
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PLATAEA — ancient city of Boeotia, Greece. It was situated on a triangular ledge 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level, on …
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PLATAEA — Ancient city, Boeotia , east-central Greece, south of Thebes . Plataea was settled by Boeotians who expelled the earlier Bronze …
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PLATAEA — Платеи
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PLATAEA — Pronunciation: pl ə - ' t ē - ə Variant: or Pla · tae · ae \ - ' t …
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PLATAEA, BATTLE OF — (479 BC) Battle between Greek and Persian forces near Plataea (modern Plataiaí) in Boeotia on the slopes of Mount Cithaeron. …
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PLATAEA, BATTLE OF — (479 BC) Battle between Greek and Persian forces near Plataea (modern Plataiaí) in Boeotia on the slopes of Mount Cithaeron. …
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PLATAEAN — adjective or noun see: Plataea
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PLATAEAE — geographical name see: Plataea
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
XERXES I — Persian Khshayarsha born с 519 BC died 465 BC, Persepolis Persian king (486–465 BC) of the Achaemenian dynasty . The …
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THESPIAE — Ancient town, Boeotia , eastern central Greece. It was the site of temples and festivals of the Praxiteles' famous statue …
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PERSIAN WARS — or Greco-Persian Wars (492–449 BC) Series of wars between Greek states and Persia, particularly two invasions of Greece by Persia …
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MARATHON, BATTLE OF — (490 BC) Decisive battle on the plain of Marathon outside Athens in the Persian Wars . Darius I led his …
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BATTLE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Actium Battle of Adrianople Battle of Battle of Hadrianopolis Adwa Battle of Battle of …
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ARISTIDES THE JUST — flourished 5th century BC Athenian statesman and general. He was ostracized in 482 BC, probably for opposing Themistocles but was …
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PLATAEAN — pləˈtēən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Latin platae eus plataean (from Plataeae Plataea, from Greek Plataiai ) + English -an …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLATAEAN — see Plataea
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLATAEAE — see Plataea
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ARCHON — Greek Archon, in ancient Greece, the chief magistrate or magistrates in many city-states. The office became prominent in the Archaic …
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ANCIENT GREEK CIVILIZATION — the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 …
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ACROLITH — statue, especially ancient Greek, in which the trunk of the figure was of wood and the head, hands, and feet …
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XERXES I — born c. 519 BC died 465, Persepolis Old Persian Khshayarsha, byname Xerxes The Great Persian king (486465 BC), the son …
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THESPIAE — Greek Thespiai, ancient Greek city of Boeotia by the Thespius (modern Kanavri) River and at the eastern foot of Mt. …
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THEBES — ancient Egyptian Wase, or Wo'se, or (from c. 21st century BC) Nowe, or Nuwe, one of the famed cities of …
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PHOCIS — Modern Greek Foks, district of ancient central Greece, extending northward from the Gulf of Corinth over the range of Mount …
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PELOPONNESIAN WAR — (431404 BC), war fought between the two leading city-states in ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta. Each stood at the head …
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PAUSANIAS — flourished AD 143, 176; b. Lydia [now in Turkey] Greek traveler and geographer whose Periegesis Hellados (Description of Greece) is …
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MARDONIUS — died 479 BC, Plataea, Boeotia Achaemenid general, a nephew of King Darius I and married to Darius' daughter Artazostra. In …
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GRECO-PERSIAN WARS — also called Persian Wars (492-449 BC), a series of wars fought by Greek states and Persia over a period of …
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