Cydnus
Americannoun
noun
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As Cleopatra sailed on the Cydnus, Mark Antony’s audience deserted him.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
In 41 BCE, Mark Antony landed in Tarsus, a port city in Cilicia at the mouth of the Cydnus River.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
She came to deprecate his wrath, ostensibly, and ascended the Cydnus in a bark with gilded stern and purple sails, rowed with silver oars, to the sound of pipes and flutes.
From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John
Frederick, after having successfully made his way by Constantinople into Asia Minor, was drowned in the river Cydnus, in Cilicia.
From Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation by Robertson, James Craigie
Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
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