Themistocles
[θə'mistəkli:z]
Definition
(noun.) Athenian statesman who persuaded Athens to build a navy and then led it to victory over the Persians (527-460 BC).
Checker: Maryann--From WordNet
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.
- They had no Themistocles, or Pericles, or Aeschylus, or Sophocles, or Socrates, or Plato. Plato. The Republic.
- I admired Themistocles, Leonidas, Epaminondas. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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