Noun
a battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III
Source: WordNetDarius did not actually take the field against Alexander’s army until a year and a half after Granicus, at the Battle of Issus in 333 BC. Source: Internet
His rather atypical Battle of Issus (or of Alexander ) of 1529 was commissioned by William IV, Duke of Bavaria as part of a series of eight historical battle scenes destined to hang in the Residenz in Munich. Source: Internet
John Prevas, Envy of the Gods: Alexander's Ill-Fated Journey across Asia (Da Capo Press, 2004), 47. At the Battle of Issus, Darius III even caught Alexander by surprise and failed to defeat Alexander's forces. Source: Internet
It is told by Arrian that at the Battle of Issus the moment the Persian left went to pieces under Alexander’s attack and Darius, in his war-chariot, saw that it was cut off, he incontinently fled – indeed, he led the race for safety. Source: Internet