Mantinea
an ancient city in S Greece, in Arcadia: battles 362 b.c., 223 b.c.
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How to use Mantinea in a sentence
Antigonus now advanced, took Tegea, and allowed his troops to plunder Orchomenus and Mantinea.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume IV | Aubrey StewartA genius, a master of strategy and king-craft has been quietly growing up in Mantinea, and we not a whit the wiser!
The Works of Lucian of Samosata, v. 4 | Lucian of SamosataLeaving Orchomenus at the first streak of dawn, he passed Mantinea still under cover of darkness.
Hellenica | XenophonBut during his pause at Nemea those who shared the opposite policy had time to converge on Mantinea.
Hellenica | XenophonOnly a snort time before one of their principal cities, Mantinea, had been robbed of its walls and converted into open villages.
Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) | Charles Morris
British Dictionary definitions for Mantinea
Mantineia
/ (ˌmæntɪˈneɪə) /
(in ancient Greece) a city in E Arcadia; site of several battles
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