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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient town of southeast Asia Minor near modern-day Iskenderun, Turkey. Alexander the Great defeated Darius III of Persia here in 333 BC.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of insects of the family Issidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III
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Examples
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When he heard that Alexander had been victorious at Issus, he knew the Macedonians would be coming for the treasure.
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His childhood friend had absconded to Greece just before the battle at Issus two years earlier with as much gold as he could stuff into his traveling pack, but now he was begging Alexander to receive him back into his good graces.
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As a lasting monument to his victory, he now founded the first city of his campaign—-Alexandria, near Issus.
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Like their king, the Macedonian army recognized that they had to fight at Issus and win or they would all perish.
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While it was still dark, Alexander led the army toward Issus.
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Darius III: Became Persian king in 336 after the murder of Artaxerxes IV and fought Alexander at Issus and Gaugamela.
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But just as the two were celebrating their new alliance, news arrived that Alexander had defeated the Great King at Issus.
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Ariston was a prince of the royal house of Paeonia and had proven himself in battle at both the Granicus and Issus.
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Darius had been humiliated at Issus, but was not defeated.
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Darius was in such a bad mood that he rounded up some injured Macedonians left behind at Issus to recuperate and tortured them, cutting off both their hands for good measure.
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