Cyzicus

[ siz-i-kuhs ]

noun

1. an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, in Mysia, on a peninsula in the Sea of Marmara.

Cyzicus

/ ˈsɪzɪkəs /

noun

1. an ancient Greek colony in NW Asia Minor on the S shore of the Sea of Marmara: site of Alcibiades' naval victory over the Peloponnesians (410 bc )

Example Sentences

Yet they knew not whither they were come; neither did any of the men of Cyzicus know the heroes for the darkness.

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Many others also were slain; and the men of Cyzicus fled before the heroes, and shut themselves into their city.

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Therefore they joined battle as though they had been enemies; and Jason smote King Cyzicus on the breast and slew him.

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Whole troops of those who are styled heretics, were massacred, particularly at Cyzicus, and at Samosata.

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Their landing on the little island of Cyzicus was attended with the ruin of that ancient and noble city.

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