Get to know Milesians better with 9 real example sentences, the meaning.
Milesians meaning
plural of Milesian
Using Milesians
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of Milesian
- In the example corpus, milesians often appears in combinations such as: the milesians.
Context around Milesians
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Milesians
- In this selection, "milesians" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mythical, duly and complied stand out and add context to how "milesians" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include advised the milesians not to and against the milesians they were. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "milesians" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with milesians
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The mythical Milesians are one example of this. (8 words)
The Milesians complied, but the Tuatha Dé Danann created a magical storm in an attempt to drive them away. (19 words)
As the Milesians duly withdrew from the coast of Ireland, the Denann Druids raised a great storm, scattering the enemy ships up and down the length of the land. (29 words)
Some sources describe them as the survivors of the Tuatha Dé Danann who retreated into the Otherworld after they were defeated by the Milesians —the mortal Sons of Míl Espáine who, like many other early invaders of Ireland, came from Iberia. (41 words)
A tradition developed that as "Milesians were in a position to be able to travel widely" Thales must have gone to Egypt. As Herodotus says Egypt was the birthplace of geometry he must have learnt that while there. (38 words)
When Amergin was called upon to divide the land between the Tuatha Dé Danann and his own people, he cleverly allotted the portion above ground to the Milesians and the portion underground to the Tuatha Dé Danann. (37 words)
Example sentences (9)
As the Milesians duly withdrew from the coast of Ireland, the Denann Druids raised a great storm, scattering the enemy ships up and down the length of the land.
A tradition developed that as "Milesians were in a position to be able to travel widely" Thales must have gone to Egypt. As Herodotus says Egypt was the birthplace of geometry he must have learnt that while there.
Diogenes Laërtius Diogenes Laërtius 1.25 tells us that Thales gained fame as a counselor when he advised the Milesians not to engage in a symmachia, a "fighting together", with the Lydians.
It includes a lot of important information on Mythological Cycle figures and stories, including the Battle of Tailtiu, in which the Tuatha Dé Danann were defeated by the Milesians.
Plutarch, Pericles, XXV In response, Pericles passed a decree dispatching an expedition to Samos, "alleging against its people that, although they were ordered to break off their war against the Milesians, they were not complying".
Some sources describe them as the survivors of the Tuatha Dé Danann who retreated into the Otherworld after they were defeated by the Milesians —the mortal Sons of Míl Espáine who, like many other early invaders of Ireland, came from Iberia.
The Milesians complied, but the Tuatha Dé Danann created a magical storm in an attempt to drive them away.
The mythical Milesians are one example of this.
When Amergin was called upon to divide the land between the Tuatha Dé Danann and his own people, he cleverly allotted the portion above ground to the Milesians and the portion underground to the Tuatha Dé Danann.
Common combinations with milesians
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: