Mantinea

[ man-tuh-nee-uh ]

/ ˌmæn təˈni ə /

an ancient city in S Greece, in Arcadia: battles 362 b.c., 223 b.c.

Example sentences from the Web for mantinea

Passing by Tegea, Agis entered the district of Mantinea, and having pitched his camp began to lay waste the country.

Stories from Thucydides |H. L. Havell
It was in a great battle fought in the immediate vicinity of Mantinea that he met his death.

Greece |J.A. McClymont
They accordingly at once sent ambassadors to Athens to treat for an alliance, accompanied by others from Elis and Mantinea.

The History of the Peloponnesian War |Thucydides
The capture of Mantinea was immediately after a defeat by Cleomenes.

The Histories of Polybius, Vol. I (of 2) |Polybius

Antigonus now advanced, took Tegea, and allowed his troops to plunder Orchomenus and Mantinea.

Plutarch's Lives, Volume IV |Aubrey Stewart

Mantinea

/ (ˌmæntɪˈneɪə) /

(in ancient Greece) a city in E Arcadia; site of several battles