| 单词 | Issus |
| 例句 | Alexander’s victory at Granicus alarmed the Persian king, Darius III. Vowing to crush the invaders, he raised a huge army of between 50,000 and 75,000 men to face the Macedonians near Issus. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This week young members of a genus of stocky little insects called Issus were shown to use gearing in their legs to hop around plants. Animal mechanics: A bug with a gearbox 2013-09-11T19:33:14Z A new study reports that the planthopper Issus coleoptratus evolved a foolproof solution to this problem: in young nymphs of the species, the two legs meet under the belly in plates fringed with interlocking teeth. Insects Invented Gears Long before Humans Did 2013-09-16T13:17:53.187Z They found the gear mechanism in the hind legs of the juvenile Issus coleoptratus, a champion jumper found in gardens throughout Europe. Observatory: Gearlike Legs Propel a European Jumper 2013-09-13T17:49:52Z We now demonstrate functional gears in the ballistic jumping movements of the flightless planthopper insect Issus. [Report] Interacting Gears Synchronize Propulsive Leg Movements in a Jumping Insect 2013-09-12T17:57:21.983Z One was known as the Alexander tomb because it portrayed in high bas-relief the battle of Issus and also a hunting scene, in each of which one of the figures was identified as portraying Alexander. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z In 333 B.C., after the battle of Issus, it was delivered over by treachery to Parmenio, the general of Alexander the Great; the harem and treasures of Darius had here been lodged. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z After the victory of Alexander the Great at Issus in 333 B.C. all the states of Cyprus welcomed him, and sent timber and ships for his siege of Tyre in 332. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z "Darius and his army are behind you, at Issus," he announced. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z The young monarch, after the battle of Issus, besieged and quickly captured Damascus. Studies in Zechariah 2011-05-26T02:00:17.670Z Named after Alexander the Great, and founded in memory of the battle of Issus. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The third book is of battle and victory at Issus, described with minuteness and warmth. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 The Conquest by Alexander.—When, in 332 b.c., after the battle of Issus, Alexander entered Egypt, he was welcomed as a deliverer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" This expedition returned at nightfall and reported that the wounded and invalid soldiers who had been left in Issus had been cruelly slain by order of Darius and their bodies impaled along the shore. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z One of my great-great-grandfathers, moreover, fell at Issus, by the side of the great Alexander, from a mortal blow dealt to him by a Persian satrap. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries By the last pass, which was apparently unknown to Alexander, Darius crossed the mountains prior to the battle of Issus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" So he attacked them close to Issus, and there again gained a great victory. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History "You mean the age of Napoleon in the Italian campaign, or Alexander at Issus?" he asked. Border, Breed Nor Birth The battle of Issus had been won, and the strongest fortress in the world had been taken. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z To enter this new territory, he had to pass over a narrow plain which lay between the mountains and the sea, at a place called Issus. Alexander the Great Makers of History Its eastern half is studded with isolated rocky crags, which are crowned with the ruins of ancient strongholds, and broken by the low hills that border the plain of Issus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" The Sea of Issus, on the Levant, which he places on the west, is on the north. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens But the opinion most commonly adopted is that of Professor Quaranta, who refers the picture to the battle of Issus. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The strangers came from the direction of Issus, along the narrow and rugged road that led southward through the Syrian Gates, between the mountains and the sea. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Here he was met by the main body of the Persian army, and the great battle of Issus was fought. Alexander the Great Makers of History The two great battles which decided the fate of Persia—Issus and Arbela—were gained at the first shock of his cavalry. Ancient States and Empires On the north it joins a vast track of land, where Asia and the Syrian provinces begin; on the west it is bounded by the Sea of Issus, which some call the Parthenian Sea. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens As at Issus, he suddenly had his chariot turned round and rushed from the field in full flight. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality He sent a letter to Alexander after the battle of Issus, asking freedom for his wife and family. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Situation of Issus.The armies pass each other. Alexander the Great Makers of History The Persian king, seeing the failure of the chariots, and the advancing troops of Alexander, lost his self-possession, turned his chariot, and fled, as at Issus. Ancient States and Empires Darius, as we have seen, had fled after the disastrous battle of Issus. The Story of the Greeks The conflict that followed was very different from the one fought by Alexander at Issus. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality It is Persia that awaits our onset at Issus. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z He dispatched a galley with thirty oars along the shore, up the Gulf of Issus, to ascertain the truth. Alexander the Great Makers of History The Romans were completely successful, losing only twenty-four horsemen and three hundred infantry, whereas the loss of Antiochus was fifty thousand—a victory as brilliant as that of Alexander at Issus. Ancient States and Empires At Issus, on the rectangular bay facing Cyprus, he had inflicted a crushing defeat on the great King of Persia, Darius Codomannus, who with the united forces of his kingdom had come to meet him. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Nearly two years had passed since the battle of Issus, and the kingly poltroon had apparently contented himself with writing letters begging Alexander to restore his family. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality In the narrow plain of Issus, their army will defeat itself. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z During all this time the ladies of Darius's family, who had been taken captive at Issus, had been retained in captivity, and made to accompany Alexander's army in its marches. Alexander the Great Makers of History Such was the decisive battle of Issus, where the cowardice and incompetency of Darius were more marked than the generalship of Alexander himself. Ancient States and Empires The tradition of the Greeks in their menologies tells us that St: Matthias planted the faith about Cappadocia and on the coasts of the Caspian sea, residing chiefly near the port Issus. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March The affair, in fact, proved but a repetition of that at Issus. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality "There are more of them than there were at Issus, and here they have room to move." The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Great quantities of it were found on the banks of the river Issus, one of the tributaries of the Euphrates, in the form of asphaltum. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy So the army continued its march to Issus, at the extremity of the Issican Gulf, and near the mountains which separate Cilicia from Syria. Ancient States and Empires Alexander's chastity.—Pascal apparently has in mind Alexander's treatment of Darius's wife and daughters after the battle of Issus. Pascal's Pensées It looked like the extreme of foolhardiness, like a pigmy advancing against a giant; yet Darius commanded one army, Alexander the other, and Issus had not been forgotten. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Each victory gave Alexander the whole of the country: the Granicus opened Asia Minor, Issus Syria and Egypt, Arbela the rest of the empire. History Of Ancient Civilization After the battle of Issus, he sent troops to Damascus, and captured all the treasure, the baggage, and the women and children of the Persian army. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. Jarvo went before, lighting the way, and they threaded vaulted corridors and winding passages, and emerged at last in a silent, haunted chamber whose stones had been hewn and sunken there, before Issus. Romance Island Alexander dispersed the armies of the Persian king Darius at the Issus, captured Tyre after a remarkable siege, and took easy possession of Egypt, where he founded Alexandria. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History Parmenion, an able and much-esteemed Macedonian general, distinguished as second in command at Granicus, Issus, and Arbela, but whom Alexander in some fit of jealousy and under unfounded suspicion caused to be assassinated in Media. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Victories of Granicus, Issus, and Arbela.—Three victories gave the empire to Alexander. History Of Ancient Civilization At Issus, at the northeastern end of the Mediterranean, he won, in 333 B.C., the decisive battle which left him in possession of the western part of the huge Persian Empire. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism Where now is Alexander of Macedon: does the steel Host, that yelled in fierce battle-shouts, at Issus and Arbela, remain behind him; or have they all vanished utterly, even as perturbed Goblins must? From Chaucer to Tennyson In the camp of Issus, the Roman general reformed the sloth and disorder of the veterans, and educated the new recruits in the knowledge and practice of military virtue. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 He had always gloried in the cruelty of his nature, but, Issus! he was not that cruel. Thuvia, Maid of Mars He had been a dator, or prince, until Issus had degraded him, so that his fitness for the high office bestowed was unquestioned. Warlord of Mars At first it was rather difficult to distinguish between the army and the staff; for Darius, in the Straits of Issus, was not more sumptuously and numerously attended than Count von Sohnspeer. Vivian Grey Where now is Alexander of Macedon; does the steel host that yelled in fierce battle shouts at Issus and Arbela remain behind him; or have they all vanished utterly, even as perturbed goblins must? Thomas Carlyle Darius III., the king of Persia, with a large army, approaching from the Euphrates, encountered him in a valley near Issus, in Cilicia. Outline of Universal History They had small chance with the bold active Greeks; and at the Battle of the Issus they were routed, and Darius fled away, leaving all his women to the mercy of the conqueror. The Chosen People A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-Children That put an end to Thurid's grinning, for he had been high in the favor of Issus. Warlord of Mars "What will my Athenians think?" said Alexander, after Issus and Arbela. The Companions of Jehu Crossing a promontory which makes out from the mountains, we came upon the renowned plain of Issus, where Darius lost his kingdom to Alexander. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain He next advanced into Syria and met the Persian king, Darius III, who in person commanded an immense body of soldiers, against which the young conqueror fought at Issus, winning a decisive victory. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) Many ancient mosaics have been preserved which attest beauty of design of the highest character, like the Battle of Issus, lately discovered at Pompeii. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. Only Issus knew this; nor was it ever Issus' way to divulge more of her secrets than were necessary. Warlord of Mars Three great battles—that of the Granicus, that of Issus, and that of Arbela—decided the fate of the Persian Empire. General History for Colleges and High Schools Eumenes of Cardia, writing to Antipater, states that just before the battle of Issus, Hephaestion came at dawn into Alexander's tent. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 The young conqueror, on the eve of the battle of Issus, declared that he owed inspiration to the feat of the Ten Thousand. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) On the long side shown in our illustration the subject is a battle between Greeks and Persians, perhaps the battle of Issus, fought in 333. A History of Greek Art In the year 332, he met with Darius at the head of sixty thousand men, who had taken up a position near Tarsus, on the banks of the Issus, in the province of Cilicia. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo And at length one afternoon Charmion came and bade me make ready, for the fleet would sail in two days, first for the coast of Syria, and thence to the gulf of Issus and Cilicia. Cleopatra Casius and the Gulf of Issus, and have sold what they collected in the Phoenician market. History of Phoenicia Darius is defeated at Issus; his family are among Alexander's captives. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) The whole army then marched forwards to Issus, the last town in Cilicia, seated on the gulf of the same name. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest He had to make men; for he had few or none ready made among his old veterans from Issus and Arbela. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh In a battle that ensued among the mountain-defiles at Issus, the Persians were again overthrown. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science "By the blood of Issus, I believe they will hold!" screamed one warrior to another. The Chessmen of Mars In the year 332 he met with Darius at the head of sixty thousand men, who had taken up a position near Tarsus, on the banks of the Issus, in the province of Cilicia. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) Such was the memorable battle of Issus, fought in November, B.C. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest 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. The Chessmen of Mars |
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