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Meanings of plataea in English

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A defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479 BC.

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Usage of plataea in English
1
Since the battle of Plataea a remarkable change was apparent in Pausanias.
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book IV
2
The Athenians despatched messengers to Sparta, as did also Megara and Plataea.
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book III
3
He is Alcman, the foster-brother of Pausanias, whom he attended at Plataea.
Pausanias, the Spartan; The Haunted and the Haunters / An Unfini...
4
There was a battle at Plataea; and there was a battle at Agincourt.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2
5
At this point Sparta decided to destroy Plataea, the Athenian outpost in Boeotia.
Authors of Greece
6
On their refusal, Platæa was besieged by the allied forces of the Peloponnesians.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval Hi...
7
Pretty pickings at Plataea; and we have known losses, my child, sad losses.
Pausanias, the Spartan; The Haunted and the Haunters / An Unfini...
8
After several days' manoeuvring a general battle took place near Plataea.
A Smaller History of Greece: from the Earliest Times to the Roma...
9
Subsequently we find him celebrating the heroes of Thermopylae, Artemisium, Salamis, and Plataea.
A Smaller History of Greece: from the Earliest Times to the Roma...
10
Such were the arrangements made for the blockade of Plataea.
The History of the Peloponnesian War
11
No other than the Conqueror of Plataea has a chance of maintaining that authority.
Pausanias, the Spartan; The Haunted and the Haunters / An Unfini...
12
One of the decisive battles of history, like Platæa, or the Metaurus or Gettysburg.
The Forest of Swords: A Story of Paris and the Marne
13
Thus Plataea nominally became a second Elis-its battle-fieldanother Altis.
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book III
14
At Marathon, Salamis, and Plataea the fate of our western civilization trembled in the balance.
The History of Education / Educational Practice and Progress Con...
15
The Greeks landed on the very day on which the battle of Plataea was fought.
A Smaller History of Greece: from the Earliest Times to the Roma...
16
Hostilities were precipitated by a treacherous attack of the Thebans upon Platæa in 431 B.C.
Mosaics of Grecian History
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