Plataea

[ pluh-tee-uh ]

/ pləˈti ə /

an ancient city in Greece, in Boeotia: Greeks defeated Persians here 479 b.c.

Example sentences from the Web for plataea

Deprived of their command of the sea, defeated at the decisive land battle of Plataea, the Persians were forced to retreat.

Persian Fire and Rubicon (Full) |David Frum |September 23, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The victory of Plataea was won principally by Sparta, then at the head of Greece.

Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton
There was a battle at Plataea; and there was a battle at Agincourt.

The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 2 (of 4) |Thomas Babington Macaulay
Mardonius soon evacuated Attica, the ground being too stony for cavalry, and encamped near Plataea.

Authors of Greece |T. W. Lumb

Belgium will be remembered with Plataea centuries after the military tyranny of the Hohenzollerns has vanished like an evil dream.

New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 |Various
On the way they were joined by a thousand more, the whole army of the brave little town of Plataea.

Introductory American History |Henry Eldridge Bourne

Plataea

/ (pləˈtiːə) /

an ancient city in S Boeotia, traditionally an ally of Athens: scene of the defeat of a great Persian army by the Greeks in 479 bc