Associations to the word «Leuctra»

Dictionary definition

LEUCTRA, noun. Thebes defeated Sparta in 371 BC; the battle ended Sparta's military supremacy in Greece.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca