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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...
- The Milesian tale (Gr****: Μιλησιακά, Milesiaka; Latin:fabula milesiaca, or Milesiae fabula) is a genre of fictional story prominent in ancient Gr**** and...
- 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...
- boxes, or other symbols. Gr**** numerals, also known as Ionic, Ionian, Milesian, or Alexandrian numerals, is a system of writing numbers using the letters...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- mythical ancestor of the final inhabitants of Ireland, the "sons of Míl" or Milesians, who represent the vast majority of the Irish Gaels. His father was Bile...