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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Athenian military and political leader. After persuading the Athenians to build a navy, he led the new fleet to victory over Persia in the Battle of Salamis (480).
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- noun Athenian statesman who persuaded Athens to build a navy and then led it to victory over the Persians (527-460 BC)
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Examples
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But Themistocles, sleeping in the middle of the day, saw the Mother of the gods appear to him in a dream and say unto him, Themistocles, keep back from the Lions-head, for fear you fall into the lions jaws; for this advice I expect that your daughter Mnesiptolema should be my servant.
Themistocles Plutarch 1909
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Notwithstanding this, Stesimbrotus says that Themistocles was a hearer of Anaxagoras, and that he studied natural philosophy under Melissus, contrary to chronology; for Melissus commanded the Samians in their siege by Pericles, who was much Themistocles junior; and with Pericles, also, Anaxagoras was intimate.
Themistocles Plutarch 1909
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In short, Themistocles was no angel, but seraphim could not have saved the Greeks.
The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004
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In short, Themistocles was no angel, but seraphim could not have saved the Greeks.
The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004
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“Swords, men!” called Themistocles, never less daunted than at the pinch,
A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903
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Transport was the Aberdeen liner "Themistocles," of some 11,000 tons.
The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula Herbert Brayley Collett 1912
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"Themistocles" resumed her course and, passing through the Malta
The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula Herbert Brayley Collett 1912
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Aristeides and Democrates had passed from arguments to all but threats, even such as Themistocles had used at Salamis.
A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903
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"Themistocles," he exclaimed, "those who rise at the public games before the signal are whipped."
A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest William Smith 1853
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"Themistocles," said he, "they who at the public games rise before their time are beaten."
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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