Saïs

American  

[sey-is] / ˈseɪ ɪs /

noun

1. an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.

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Saïs British  

/ ˈseɪɪs /

noun

1. (in ancient Egypt) a city in the W Nile delta; the royal capital of the 24th dynasty (about 730–715 _bc ) and the 26th dynasty (about 664–525 _bc )

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Example Sentences

According to ancient tradition the aborigines of Attica were first civilized under Cecrops who is said to have come hither from Saïs, Egypt, about 1500 B.C.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia

The Mysteries of Egypt were the glory of that ancient land, and the noblest sons of Greece, such as Plato, went to Saïs and to Thebes to be initiated by Egyptian Teachers of Wisdom.

From Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries by Besant, Annie Wood

"An inhabitant of Saïs is parading with the spotless shield which I regret to say I have thrown into a thicket."

From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes

"Sa-el-Hagar, once ancient Saïs," repeated the Tracer quietly; and the young man looked at him.

From The Tracer of Lost Persons by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

Practically all of his other published works are posthumous: his unfinished novel, Henry of Ofterdingen; a set of religious hymns; the beginnings of a "physical novel," The Novices at Saïs.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno