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Sentence Examples Once Alexander had destroyed the professional core of Persians and mercenary Greeks at Issus, Darius had to rely on levies from outlying satrapies. Xodar listened in incredulous astonishment to my narration of the events which had transpired within the arena at the rites of Issus. Great quantities of it were found on the banks of the river Issus, one of the tributaries of the Euphrates. With his rearguard safe, he moved to the East and crushed Niger's forces at the Battle of Issus. Though outmanoeuvered by Darius' significantly larger army, he marched back to Cilicia, where he defeated Darius at Issus. Following the conquest of Anatolia, Alexander broke the power of Persia in a series of decisive battles, most notably the battles of Issus and Gaugamela. Niger was defeated in 194 at the Battle of Issus in Cilicia. Examples from Classical Literature Named after Alexander the Great, and founded in memory of the battle of Issus. So he attacked them close to Issus, and there again gained a great victory. The Sea of Issus, on the Levant, which he places on the west, is on the north. Here he was met by the main body of the Persian army, and the great battle of Issus was fought. He dispatched a galley with thirty oars along the shore, up the Gulf of Issus, to ascertain the truth. The third book is of battle and victory at Issus, described with minuteness and warmth. As at Issus, Alexander took the command of the right wing himself, and assigned the left to Parmenio. The affair, in fact, proved but a repetition of that at Issus. There are men pitted against men, and against beasts for the edification of Issus and the replenishment of her larder. From the hangings and sumptuous furniture of the room I judged it to be a living-room of some priestess, possibly of Issus herself. Never, I think, have I known such complete absence of light as existed in the pits of Issus. Darius, as we have seen, had fled after the disastrous battle of Issus. He had been a dator, or prince, until Issus had degraded him, so that his fitness for the high office bestowed was unquestioned. No longer be you a Dator, but for evermore a slave of slaves, to fetch and carry for the lower orders that serve in the gardens of Issus. Evidently he did not relish the thought that Issus had learned of his inglorious defeat. By the breast of Issus, thou shalt, nor shall any other come between Astok, Prince of Dusar, and his heart's desire. Often have you bested me in the secret councils of Issus, but now in the field of war where men are truly gauged your scabby heart hath revealed its sores to all the world. The second cluster may be demarcated as starting between the battles of the Granicus river and Issus, and continuing up to the success of Gaugamela. For a few minutes we continued rapidly up the steep grade, which I hoped would soon bring us quickly to the upper pits that let into the Temple of Issus. A little band of holy therns was attempting to revive the ancient and discredited religion of Issus, who they claimed still lived in spirit and had communicated with them. Find more words! 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