Definitions for Issus

Issus Is·sus

Spelling: [is-uh s]
IPA: /ˈɪs əs/

Issus is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 20 anagrams from letters in Issus (isssu).

Definitions for Issus

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  1. an ancient town in Asia Minor, in Cilicia: victory of Alexander the Great over Darius III 333 b.c.

Examples for Issus

The affair, in fact, proved but a repetition of that at Issus.

The Sea of Issus, on the Levant, which he places on the west, is on the north.

He dispatched a galley with thirty oars along the shore, up the Gulf of Issus, to ascertain the truth.

Here he was met by the main body of the Persian army, and the great battle of Issus was fought.

Named after Alexander the Great, and founded in memory of the battle of Issus.

As at Issus, Alexander took the command of the right wing himself, and assigned the left to Parmenio.

The third book is of battle and victory at Issus, described with minuteness and warmth.

Darius is defeated at Issus; his family are among Alexander's captives.

So he attacked them close to Issus, and there again gained a great victory.

Darius, as we have seen, had fled after the disastrous battle of Issus.

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