Pythias

NOUN
  1. friend of Damon; Phintias (according to legend) was condemned to death by Dionysius the Elder and asked a respite to put his affairs in order; Damon pledged his life for the return of his friend; when Phintias returned in time the tyrant released them both (4th century BC)
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How To Use Pythias In A Sentence

  • The view from the terrace is of the ornate columns of the upper stories of a building on West 70th Street built in 1926 for the Knights of Pythias. Sanborn Seeks Home High Note
  • Representatives from the Knights of Pythias secular fraternity were not able to offer insight into the disproportionate number of Jewish names on the plague. Laura Silver: On Veterans, Crosses And Shields
  • They spend a night in the Birchall mansion where Pythias and Damon play chess. The woe of an aspiring genius.
  • Pythias_ did before him -- of the Greek device of stichomythia. The Growth of English Drama
  • By then, Vensure had gone from a nearly illiquid "sleepy little credit union" connected to a defunct Knights of Pythias lodge in New York's Adirondack mountains into a fast-growing processor of online poker funds, federal credit-union regulators said in a May filing after they took control of Vensure, whose business they said was too risky. Full Tilt's Collection Woes Bred Alleged Ponzi Scheme
  • It bore the Knights of Pythias name and insignia above names of World War I casualties, among them: a Schwartz, a Dickstein and a Katz. Laura Silver: On Veterans, Crosses And Shields
  • Among those who came under it was a Pythagorean called Pythias, who was sentenced to death, according to the usual fate of those who fell under his suspicion. A Book of Golden Deeds
  • I think most Americans would agree that the gals have a Damon and Pythias Think Progress » Palin: Palin-Bachmann 2012 ticket ‘sounds kind of cool.’
  • The view from the terrace is of the ornate columns of the upper stories of a building on West 70th Street built in 1926 for the Knights of Pythias. Sanborn Seeks Home High Note
  • Quit est enim praeclarius quam honoribus et republicae muneribus perfunctum senem posee suo jure dicere id quot apud Enium dicit ille Pythias Apollo, se esse eum, unde sibi, si no populi et reges, at onmnes sui cives consilium expetant; suarum rerum incerti quos ego ope mea ex incertis certos compotesque consili dimitto ut ne res temere tractent turbidas. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
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