Chalcis

American  

[kal-sis, khahl-kees] / ˈkæl sɪs, xɑlˈkis /

noun

1. a city on Euboea, in SE Greece.

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Chalcis British  

/ ˈkælsɪs /

noun

1. Modern Greek name: Khalkís.  Medieval English name: Negropont.  a city on the island of Euboea in SE Greece, at the narrowest point of the Euripus strait: important since the 7th century _bc , founding many colonies in ancient times. Pop (municipality): 55 264 (2001)

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Example Sentences

He was accused of impiety on the absurd charge of deifying the tyrant Hermias; and, remembering the fate of Socrates, he retired to Chalcis in Euboea.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

But in the first year of his residence at Chalcis he was overtaken by a sudden illness, and died at the age of sixty-three, in B.C.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

In a footnote the Dean mentions that Salom� subsequently married her uncle Philip, Tetrarch of Itur�a, and then her cousin Aristobulus, King of Chalcis, by whom she became the mother of three sons.

From Oscar Wilde by Ingleby, Leonard Cresswell

The best breeds are from Rhodes, Tenagra, Melos, and Chalcis.

From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William

And Archestratus, the Pythagorean, says, because of his temperate habits, Then we may take a turbot plump, or e'en A rough buglossus in the summer time, If one is near the famous Chalcis.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us