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- proper noun A male
given name applied tohistorical persons. - proper noun Name of two kings of
Sparta
Etymologies
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This threatening aspect of affairs determined the Ephors to recall Agesilaus, as already related.
A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest William Smith 1853
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(M613) Such successes induced the Lacedæmonians to recall Agesilaus from
Ancient States and Empires John Lord 1852
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I was just in the middle of playing with Photoshop to see if I could compensate, when Agesilaus said that this was a concern in archival and art photography and what I wanted was OBA-free paper.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Thanks to My Readers — The Solution for White Non-Fluorescent Paper 2009
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Xenophon was later exiled from Athens, most likely because he fought under the Spartan king Agesilaus II against Athens at Coronea.
AS SEEN ON TV: XENOPHON Toby O'B 2010
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Agesilaus: Ok straight from the teams code, one of a number of smoking cannons:
The Volokh Conspiracy » More Responses to the CRU E-mail Leaks 2009
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Circa 400 B.C. the Egyptians presented fattened geese as a gift to Agesilaus, King of Sparta.
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To confront Agesilaus stood an army composed of the Boeotians,
Hellenica 2007
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Being arrived within the walls of Thespiae, Agesilaus found the citizens in a state of party feud, the men of
Hellenica 2007
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Mantinea; and so caused the mass of the army to rush to their ranks, and Agesilaus himself to retire within the lines.
Hellenica 2007
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II.i. 17, of Agesilaus in Macedonia, 394 B.C. (our author was probably present); IV. iv.
The Cavalry General 2007
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