Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Delos, a small island in the Ægean sea, the reputed birthplace of Apollo and Artemis (Diana), and the seat in antiquity of one of the most famous sanctuaries of Apollo.
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The challenge that the god set—that is, given a cube, construct a second cube that has twice the volume—is called the Delian problem, and it is one of the three classic problems of antiquity that cannot be solved by Euclidean tools.
HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010
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The challenge that the god set—that is, given a cube, construct a second cube that has twice the volume—is called the Delian problem, and it is one of the three classic problems of antiquity that cannot be solved by Euclidean tools.
HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010
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The challenge that the god set—that is, given a cube, construct a second cube that has twice the volume—is called the Delian problem, and it is one of the three classic problems of antiquity that cannot be solved by Euclidean tools.
HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010
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The new alliance is known as the Delian League because its members at first conducted their deliberations and established their treasury on the small centrally located island of Delos, an ancient Ionian sanctuary sacred to Apollo.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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The new alliance is known as the Delian League because its members at first conducted their deliberations and established their treasury on the small centrally located island of Delos, an ancient Ionian sanctuary sacred to Apollo.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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Under the guidance of Aristides, the old rival of Themistocles, [9] the allies formed a union known as the Delian
Early European History Hutton Webster
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A central figure in the confederation known as the Delian League. encomia
History of the United States, Volume 2 (of 6) Elisha Benjamin Andrews 1880
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An account of the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens).
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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An account of the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens).
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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But nature abhors a vacuum, and Andrew Davis, John Wilson, Martyn Brabbins and Mark Elder have all recently demonstrated their Delian credentials.
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