Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient city of eastern Greece. Philip of Macedon defeated a confederation of Greek states here in 338 BC.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Greek antiquity) either of two battles in ancient Greece, one in which Philip of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans (338 BC), or another in which Sulla defeated Mithridates (86 BC).
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- proper noun A village in
Boeotia , Greece.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a battle in which Philip II of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans (338 BC) and also Sulla defeated Mithridates (86 BC)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Alexander asked her who she was and she boldly replied that she was the wife of the Theban commander who had fought his father at the battle of Chaeronea.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Although they had lost many of their best men at Chaeronea, they were still a proud people with an ancient military tradition.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Chaeronea: Town in central Greece where in 338 Philip defeated the Greek forces, including the Sacred Band of Thebes.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Only three years earlier the Thebans had watched in horror as their army had been crushed by Philip and Alexander at Chaeronea.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Philip honored the dead of the Sacred Band by burying them on the battlefield and celebrated their courage with the towering statue of a lion that still stands in the quiet valley of Chaeronea.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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In the aftermath of Chaeronea, no one dared to refuse, except for the eternally belligerent state of Sparta.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Alexander asked her who she was and she boldly replied that she was the wife of the Theban commander who had fought his father at the battle of Chaeronea.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Only three years earlier the Thebans had watched in horror as their army had been crushed by Philip and Alexander at Chaeronea.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Although they had lost many of their best men at Chaeronea, they were still a proud people with an ancient military tradition.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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All Athenian property and persons would be respected, while he also returned the Athenian prisoners captured at Chaeronea unharmed and without ransom.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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