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  • noun Plural form of Mantinean.

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Examples

  • The Mantineans were the first that requested his aid; and when he entered their city by night, they aided him to expel the Achaean garrison, and put themselves under his protection.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • The Mantineans were the first to pass a resolution forbidding such use of the sacred property.

    Hellenica 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874

  • With this purpose they marched against the Mantineans, on the ground that they had violated their oaths in marching against Tegea with an armed force.

    Hellenica 2007

  • Not less stoutly did the Mantineans from their villages under their aristocratic form of government flock to the

    Hellenica 2007

  • The spectacle of the Mantineans rejoicing at their misfortune would have been too severe an ordeal for his soldiers.

    Hellenica 2007

  • As soon as the enemy were seen galloping up with evidently hostile intent, the Mantineans fell to praying the

    Hellenica 2007

  • Consequently the Mantineans, along with those of the

    Hellenica 2007

  • The Mantineans themselves were forced to stay at home to keep an eye on these.

    Hellenica 2007

  • After him the Mantineans stepped upon the stage, and some other Arcadians also stood up; they had accoutred themselves in all their warlike finery.

    Anabasis 2007

  • Mantineans were the first to pass a resolution forbidding such use of the sacred property.

    Hellenica 2007

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