Cunaxa

[ kyoo-nak-suh ]

/ kyuˈnæk sə /

an ancient town in Babylonia, near the Euphrates: famous battle between Cyrus the Younger and Artaxerxes II in 401 b.c.

Example sentences from the Web for cunaxa

History tells us that Xenophon, in his famous retreat from Cunaxa, wore a wolfskin about his shoulders and breast.

Life and Labors of Elder John Kline, the Martyr Missionary |John Kline
The battle of Cunaxa, in which Cyrus fell, was fought on Sept. 3d.

Callias |Alfred John Church
Cyrus the younger had two Greek women with him when he fell at Cunaxa, and one of them was a Milesian.

Plutarch's Lives, Volume II |Aubrey Stewart & George Long
This was after the battle of Cunaxa, where the younger Cyrus was defeated and slain.

Stories of Great Men |Faye Huntington

Cyrus rebels against his brother Artaxerxes, of Persia; he is defeated and slain at the battle of Cunaxa.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 2 |Various

Cunaxa

/ (kjuːˈnæksə) /

the site near the lower Euphrates where Artaxerxes II defeated Cyrus the Younger in 401 bc