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Issus

noun
1.
A battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III.  Synonym: battle of Issus.






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... streaming in the air, glittering armours, motions of plumes, woods of pikes, and swords, variety of colours, cost and magnificence, as if they went in triumph, now victors to the Capitol, and with such pomp, as when Darius' army marched to meet Alexander at Issus. Void of all fear they run into imminent dangers, cannon's mouth, &c., ut vulneribus suis ferrum hostium hebetent, saith [319]Barletius, to get a name of valour, humour and applause, which lasts not either, for it is but a mere flash this fame, and like a rose, intra diem unum extinguitur, ...
— The Anatomy of Melancholy • Democritus Junior



Words linked to "Issus" :   battle of Issus, Asia Minor, pitched battle, Anatolia



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