Cyzicus
Americannoun
noun
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Where the marble steps of the Ecumenical palace go down to the waters of the Bosphorus, he was met by the Metropolitans of Nicaea and of Cyzicus.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fleet beat the imperial navy off the sea, forced the passage of the Dardanelles, and took Cyzicus.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
Plutarch relates that Helicon of Cyzicus predicted an eclipse of the sun to Dionysius of Syracuse, and received as a reward a talent of silver.
From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.
And as Cyzicus was settled from Miletus, he infers that both sets of stories must be comparatively late.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
After investing Byzantium he crossed over to Asia Minor and defeated the forces of his rival near Cyzicus and Nicaea, forcing them to withdraw south of the Taurus mountains.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
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