Potidaea

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[pot-i-dee-uh] / ˌpɒt ɪˈdi ə /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

When he was very young, he was a soldier in the expedition against Potidaea, where Socrates lodged in the same tent with him, and stood next to him in battle.

From The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls by White, John S. (John Stuart)

At the close of the same winter, in fact almost in spring, Brasidas made an attempt upon Potidaea.

From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Crawley, Richard

On this route was the powerful Corinthian city Potidaea, situate on the western prong of Chalcidice.

From Authors of Greece by Lumb, T. W.

He incited her tributaries upon the coast of Macedonia to revolt, including Potidaea, a town seated on the isthmus of Pallene.

From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Smith, William, Sir

Among his epigrams are epitaphs on Alexander and on Philip; his date is further fixed by the mention of Potidaea in another epigram, as Cassander, who died B.C.

From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology by Mackail, J. W. (John William)