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

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