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Mantinea

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Man·ti·ne·a  (mnt-n)
An ancient city of southern Greece in the eastern Peloponnesus. Thebes defeated Sparta here in 362 b.c.
Mantinea, Mantineia [ˌmæntɪˈneɪə]
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(Historical Terms) (Placename) (in ancient Greece) a city in E Arcadia; site of several battles
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Noun1.MantineaMantinea - the site of three famous battles among Greek city-states: in 418 BC and 362 BC and 207 BC
Mantineia
Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic - a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil


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So Herodotus recounts that when the people of Cyrene asked the oracle of Delphi to help them in their dissensions, the oracle told them to go to Mantinea, and the Mantineans lent them Demonax, who acted as a "setter straight" and drew up a new constitution for Cyrene.
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