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How do you use Hippias in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts.

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Hippias in a sentence

Context around Hippias

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

son 1× restore 1× dialog 1×

Often after:

landed 1× became 1× minor 1×

Sentence patterns with Hippias

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

failed and hippias again fled 1× his dialog hippias minor examines 1× his son hippias was deposed 1× record by hippias rather than 1× to restore hippias to the 1× to this hippias became paranoid 1× years later hippias landed with 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after his son 1× holland p 122 1× plato in his 1× this failed and 1× while some historians 1×

Common sentence endings:

a controversial position 1× achilles or odysseus 1× force at marathon 1× hold on power 1× rule of athens 1× to subjugate athens 1×

Words around Hippias

Just before it in the word index:

hippest 7 hipperholme 3 hipper 14 hippel 10 hipped 4 hippeau 2

Just after it in the word index:

hippie 133 hippies 90 hippo 119 hippocamp 4 hippocampal 34 hippocampi 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 aapp 8

Corpus analysis for Hippias

  • In this selection, "hippias" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, son, restore, dialog, landed, became and minor stand out and add context to how "hippias" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include failed and hippias again fled and his dialog hippias minor examines. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hippias" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hippias

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

At some later point Cleomenes instigated a plot to restore Hippias to the rule of Athens. (16 words)

This failed and Hippias again fled to Sardis and tried to persuade the Persians to subjugate Athens. (17 words)

Plato in his dialog Hippias Minor examines a literary question about whom Homer intended to portray as the better man, Achilles or Odysseus. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

After his son Hippias was deposed with Spartan help in 510 BC, the family sought refuge with the Persians, and nearly twenty years later Hippias landed with their invasion force at Marathon. (32 words)

Holland, p. 122 Hipparchus was murdered in 514 BC, and in response to this, Hippias became paranoid and started to rely increasingly on foreign mercenaries to keep a hold on power. (31 words)

While some historians, like B. Snell, maintain that Aristotle was relying on a pre-Platonic written record by Hippias rather than oral tradition, this is a controversial position. (28 words)

Example sentences (6)

After his son Hippias was deposed with Spartan help in 510 BC, the family sought refuge with the Persians, and nearly twenty years later Hippias landed with their invasion force at Marathon.

At some later point Cleomenes instigated a plot to restore Hippias to the rule of Athens.

Holland, p. 122 Hipparchus was murdered in 514 BC, and in response to this, Hippias became paranoid and started to rely increasingly on foreign mercenaries to keep a hold on power.

Plato in his dialog Hippias Minor examines a literary question about whom Homer intended to portray as the better man, Achilles or Odysseus.

This failed and Hippias again fled to Sardis and tried to persuade the Persians to subjugate Athens.

While some historians, like B. Snell, maintain that Aristotle was relying on a pre-Platonic written record by Hippias rather than oral tradition, this is a controversial position.

Frequently asked questions

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