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Definition of potidaea - 2 dictionary results

Pot⋅i⋅dae⋅a

  [pot-i-dee-uh]
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–noun
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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Pot·i·dae·a   (pŏt'ĭ-dē'ə)   
An ancient city of northeast Greece. Founded as a Corinthian colony in 609 B.C., it revolted against Athens in 432 but was reconquered in 429 after a two-year siege. Philip of Macedon destroyed the city in 356.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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