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Definition of Milesians

Milesian
Milesian Mi*le"sian, a. [L. Milesius, Gr. ?.] 1. (Anc. Geog.) Of or pertaining to Miletus, a city of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants. 2. (Irish Legendary Hist.) Descended from King Milesius of Spain, whose two sons are said to have conquered Ireland about 1300 b. c.; or pertaining to the descendants of King Milesius; hence, Irish.
Milesian
Milesian Mi*le"sian, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Miletus. 2. A native or inhabitant of Ireland.

Meaning of Milesians from wikipedia

- Milesia, Milesian, Milesians, or Miletans may refer to: Milesians (Irish), a people figuring in Irish mythology Milesians (Gr****), the inhabitants of Miletus...
- a medieval Irish Christian pseudo-history. The Milesians represent the Irish people. The Milesians are Gaels who sail to Ireland from Iberia (Hispania)...
- The Milesians were at one time suffering a long siege at the hands of Alyattes, who hoped they could be starved into surrender. But the Milesian commander...
- The Milesian tale (Gr****: Μιλησιακά, Milesiaka; Latin:fabula milesiaca, or Milesiae fabula) is a genre of fictional story prominent in ancient Gr**** and...
- truce of three days, during which the Milesians would lie at anchor nine waves' distance from the s****. The Milesians complied, but the Tuatha Dé Danann...
- studies professor F. E. Peters described pan-deism as "the legacy of the Milesians". By the 6th century BC, Miletus had earned a maritime empire with many...
- Origin and Foundations of Milesian Thought." The Review of Metaphysics 70, 3–31. Wöhrle, Georg., ed. (2014). The Milesians: Thales. Translation and additional...
- material monists. They also believed all was alive, or were hylozoists. The Milesians did not agree on what all things had in common, and did not seem to experiment...
- boxes, or other symbols. Gr**** numerals, also known as Ionic, Ionian, Milesian, or Alexandrian numerals, are a system of writing numbers using the letters...
- atomic theory; "the Milesians," says Burnet, "asked for the φύσις of all things." Xenophanes was born in Ionia, where the Milesian school was at its most...