Associations to the word «Issus»

Wiktionary

ISSUS, proper noun. (historical) an ancient settlement in Cilicia where in 333 BC Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III

Dictionary definition

ISSUS, noun. A battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III.

Wise words

All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
Ernest Hemingway