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Sicyon
[ sish-ee-on, sis- ]
noun
- an ancient city in S Greece, near Corinth.
Sicyon
/ ˈsɪsɪˌɒn; ˈsɪsɪən /
noun
- an ancient city in S Greece, in the NE Peloponnese near Corinth: declined after 146 bc
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- Sic·y·o·ni·an [sis-ee-, oh, -nee-, uh, n], adjective noun
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Example Sentences
Having assuaged her thirst for revenge, Cratesipolis entered Sicyon in triumph, and assumed the government.
From the word , applied by Herodotus to the recitations at Sicyon, it is plain that they were matches among the rhapsodists.
In 369 he forced the Isthmus lines and secured Sicyon for Thebes, but gained no considerable successes.
But does it also represent the form in which they were recited at (let us say) Sicyon?
Now when Cleisthenes became tyrant of Sicyon he felt that the cult of the local hero was a danger.
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