Salamis
['sæləmis]
Definition
n. a genus of lepidopterous insects.
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Examples
- Themistocles insisted with all his force on fighting in the narrows of Salamis. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The women and non-combatants were carried to Salamis and various adjacent islands. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Since the days of Salamis there had been a considerable development of naval architecture. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Several great battleships were lost; they went down in the same clear waters over which the ships of Xerxes had once sailed to their fate at Salamis. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then, with the sudden energy of despair, she calls upon the heroes of Salamis, of Thermopyl?, of Marathon, to aid their mother in the time of need. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Others were being towed towards Salamis by the Greeks. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Besides, Greek bravery produced a great sea drama at Salamis; yet, withal, I decline to believe the Hellenes, ancient or modern, were sailors. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The Persians had sailed round Salamis and held the sea on the other side. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Meanwhile, the Hellenic confederate fleet had come round to Salamis, and in the council of war there were bitter differences of opinion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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