Olynthus

[ oh-lin-thuh s ]

/ oʊˈlɪn θəs /

an ancient city in NE Greece, on the Chalcidice Peninsula.

OTHER WORDS FROM Olynthus

O·lyn·thi·ac

[oh-lin-thee-ak] /oʊˈlɪn θiˌæk/, O·lyn·thi·an, adjective, noun

Such are the First Philippic and the three orations for Olynthus.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 |Various
Few here need to be told that for size and importance Olynthus now stands at the head of the Thracian cities.

Hellenica |Xenophon
And that Lasthenes and Euthycrates lost Olynthus, measuring happiness by their belly and lusts?

Plutarch's Morals |Plutarch
With this promise of success Agesipolis marched forward against Olynthus.

Hellenica |Xenophon

From the Olynthus the most various forms of Calcareous Sponges can develop.

The History of Creation, Vol. II (of 2) |Ernst Haeckel

Olynthus

/ (əʊˈlɪnθəs) /

an ancient city in N Greece: the centre of Chalcidice