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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...
- Irish 'Milesians' with the ancient Gr**** Milesians, inhabitants of Miletus. However, Joseph Lennon writes that "no link exists among Míl, Milesians and Miletus...
- studies professor F. E. Peters described pan-deism as "the legacy of the Milesians". As well as being a philosopher, Thales was also suggested to have initiated...
- year 625 BC. While the probability is that Thales was as Gr**** as most Milesians, Herodotus described Thales as "a Phoenician by remote descent". Diogenes...
- The Milesian tale (Gr****: Μιλησιακά, Milesiaka; Latin:fabula milesiaca, or Milesiae fabula) is a genre of fictional story prominent in ancient Gr**** and...
- boxes, or other symbols. Gr**** numerals, also known as Ionic, Ionian, Milesian, or Alexandrian numerals, is a system of writing numbers using the letters...
- 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...
- life permeated everything in the cosmos, i.e., they were hylozoists. The Milesians disagreed on what all things had in common, and did not seem to experiment...
- 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...
- 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...