Cyn·os·ceph·a·lae

(sĭn′ə-sĕf′ə-lē, sī′nə-)

Two hills of southeast Thessaly in northeast Greece. They were the site of a battle between the Theban and Thessalian armies in 364 bc and of a Roman victory over the Macedonian forces of Philip V in 197 bc.

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Noun	1.	Cynoscephalae - the fields in Thessaly where in 197 BC the Romans defeated the Macedonians Thessalia, Thessaly - a fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region of ancient Greece
	2.	Cynoscephalae - the battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC); the Romans defeated Philip V who lost his control of Greece battle of Cynoscephalae Thessalia, Thessaly - a fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region of ancient Greece

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438 BC) was the great lyric poet of ancient Greece, born at Cynoscephalae: he called Agrigento "the most mortal of cities".

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