- The Gr**** word μάχαιρα (mákhaira,
plural mákhairai), also
transliterated machaira or machaera, is
related to μάχη (mákhē) "a battle", μάχεσθαι (mákhesthai)...
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Machairas can
refer to:
Leontios Machairas, a 15th-century
Cypriot Gr****
historian Machairas Monastery, a 12th-century
monastery in
Cyprus Machairas, Aetolia-Acarnania...
- than a xiphos,
because from the
height of a horse’s back the cut of a
machaira will
serve you
better than the
thrust of a xiphos". The
precise wording...
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flourished during the
Middle Ages. Two chronicles, one
written by
Leontios Machairas and the
other by
Georgios Boustronios,
cover the
entire Middle Ages until...
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Leontios Machairas or
Makhairas (Gr****: Λεόντιος Μαχαιράς, French: Léonce Machéras;
about 1380 -
after 1432) was a
historian in
medieval Cyprus. The main...
- youngsters,
including Machairas, were
expected to play a
major role in the club's
fight for a
Superleague return. Sure enough,
Machairas made 18 appearances...
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Antonia "Tonia"
Machaira (Gr****: Αντωνία "Τόνια" Μαχαίρα; born May 21, 1971) is a
retired Gr**** swimmer, who
specialized in
sprint and middle-distance...
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Thorakitai who used the oval
Thureos shield and
fought with
javelins and the
machaira sword. The use of
heavily armored cataphracts and also
horse archers was...
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Machairodus (from Gr****: μαχαίρα
machaíra, 'knife' and Gr****: ὀδούς odoús 'tooth') is a
genus of
large machairodont or ''saber-toothed cat'' that lived...
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Machairas Monastery (Gr****: Μαχαιράς [locally [maʃeˈɾas]]) is a
historic monastery dedicated to the
Virgin Mary
located about 40 km from the
capital of...
