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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Issus \Issus\ prop. n. A battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III.
Syn: battle of Issus.
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Issus may refer to:
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Issus (town), an ancient settlement in the modern Turkish province of Hatay
- Battle of Issus, in 333 BC, in which Alexander the Great defeated Darius III
- Issus (river), a river near the town and battle site
- Issus (diocese), a Roman Catholic titular see in the town
- Gulf of Issus, near the town
- Issus, Haute-Garonne, a commune in France
- Issus (genus), a Genus of planthoppers in the family Issidae
- Issus, the ostensible Goddess of Death and Eternal Life in the Barsoom series of novels
Issus, a river in Cilicia, Asia Minor, where Alexander the Great defeated Darius in 333 BC.
Category:Cilicia Category:Rivers of Turkey
Issus ( or Ἱσσοί) is an ancient settlement on the strategic coastal plain straddling the small Pinarus river (a fast melt-water stream several metres wide) below the navigationally difficult inland mountains towering above to the east in the Turkish Province of Hatay, near the border with Syria. It can be identified with Kinet Höyük in the village of Yeṣilköy near Dörtyol in the Hatay province of Turkey. Excavations on the mound occurred between 1992 and 2012 by Bilkent University. It is most notable for being the place of no less than three decisive ancient or medieval battles each called in their own era the Battle of Issus:
- The Battle of Issus (333 BC); Alexander the Great of Macedonia defeated Darius III of Persia. This battle is occasionally called the First Battle of Issus, but is more generally known simply as the Battle of Issus, owing to the importance of Alexander's victory over the First Persian Empire and its impact on subsequent history of the region, including all the successor polities.
- Battle of Issus (194), or Second Battle of Issus — between the forces of Emperor Septimius Severus and his rival, Pescennius Niger.
- Battle of Issus (622), or Third Battle of Issus — between the Byzantine Empire and the Sassanid Persian Empire.
Whether Issus is still present within a modern settlement is hotly debated among researchers. Regardless of which mountain brook was the locus of the battles, the old town was situated close to present-day İskenderun, Turkey, in the Gulf of İskenderun. Today, no town exists on both sides of the Pinarus river, which may or may not have been called Issus.
Although Issus was once considered to have been an episcopal see, there is no evidence to support that idea: Issus is not mentioned in the " Notitiae Episcopatuum" of the Patriarchate of Antioch, to which the Roman province of Cilicia belonged.
Issus is a genus of 'planthoppers' belonging to the family Issidae of infraorder Fulgoromorpha of suborder Auchenorrhyncha of order Hemiptera. Like most members of the order Hemiptera (popularly known as the "bug" or "true bugs" order) they live on phloem sap that they extract with their piercing, sucking mouth parts.
Planthoppers are the only animals known to evolve a locomotive gear mechanism, and Issus coleoptratus is the first type of planthopper to have the mechanism formally described. The gears in the insect legs are not connected to power ratios, and only synchronise the action of the jumping legs.
Usage examples of "issus".
He had outlived two of his sons: Hector had died at the Battle of the Issus three years ago, while Nicci had been slain at Arbela fighting alongside his King.
That is but one of the superstitions which Issus has foisted upon a credulous humanity.
The place meant is a port on the northern side of the gulf of Scandaroon, or Issus, which in our modern maps and books of geography has the various appellations of Lajazzo, Aiazzo, Aiasso, L'Aïas, and Layassa.
He climbed until he was two hundred feet high and sped over the massive oak and pine forest, the Tulgey Wood, and the river Issus toward the huge clearing at the foot of the high hill on which Alice's mansion stood.