Definition of Arcadians

1. Noun. (plural of Arcadian) ¹

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Definition of Arcadians

1. arcadian [n] - See also: arcadian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arcadians

arc lamps
arc light
arc of buehler
arc of riolan
arc perimeter
arc welding
arcade
arcade games
arcaded
arcadelike
arcader
arcaders
arcades
arcadia
arcadians (current term)
arcadias
arcading
arcadings
arcana
arcane
arcanely
arcanist
arcanists
arcanite
arcanum
arcanums
arcate
arcature
arcatures

Literary usage of Arcadians

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1862)
"Both the arcadians, and policy o*" the opposition party in the ... in the hands of men who would join Sparta on the complaint of the arcadians and others. ..."

2. Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age by William Ewart Gladstone (1858)
"The arcadians in Homer. Like the Pelasgians, the arcadians are, as we have seen, happy in never being mentioned without Homer's commendation. ..."

3. The History of Greece by William Mitford (1823)
"The arcadians, feeling all the expected uneasiness at the establishment of a hostile post within their country, withdrew their troops from Eleia ; and, ..."

4. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"... even the authors who preferred the title of the Argive Pelasgians, did not deny that the arcadians were, at least, younger members of the same family. ..."

5. A System of Ancient and Mediæval Geography for the Use of Schools and Colleges by Charles Anthon (1850)
"The arcadians, like the people of Switzerland at the present day, ... I. ACCORDING to their own account, the arcadians had occupied the central parts of the ..."

6. The History of Greece by William Mitford (1822)
"Interference of the arcadians in the Presidency of the Olympian Festival; Battle of Olympia. and the Lacedaemonian cause in Greece, seemed now reviving from ..."

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