Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient city of east-central Greece in eastern Boeotia. The Spartans defeated Athenian forces here (457 BC).
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name-giving genus of the family Tanagridæ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A city in southeastern Viotia prefecture
Greece - proper noun Used to denote a style of terracotta statuary from 5th-3rd centuries BCE.
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Examples
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Morris and El-Haj at Alwan (like Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra)
Morris and El-Haj at Alwan (like Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra) Jes Battis 2008
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She has all the delicate grace of a Tanagra figurine.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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She has all the delicate grace of a Tanagra figurine.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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She has all the delicate grace of a Tanagra figurine.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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She has all the delicate grace of a Tanagra figurine.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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She has all the delicate grace of a Tanagra figurine.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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They then left them under the care of a guard, and retiring to Tanagra concerted an attack upon
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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Apollo which is in the district of Tanagra and looks towards
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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Meanwhile the Boeotians were gathering at Tanagra.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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Thebes as far as the territory of Tanagra, for at that date Tanagra was still in the hands of Hypatodorus and his party, who were friends of the Lacedaemonians.
Hellenica 2007
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