Cyzicus
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, in Mysia, on a peninsula in the Sea of Marmara.
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How to use Cyzicus in a sentence
Yet they knew not whither they were come; neither did any of the men of Cyzicus know the heroes for the darkness.
Stories of the Old world | Alfred John ChurchMany others also were slain; and the men of Cyzicus fled before the heroes, and shut themselves into their city.
Stories of the Old world | Alfred John ChurchTherefore they joined battle as though they had been enemies; and Jason smote King Cyzicus on the breast and slew him.
Stories of the Old world | Alfred John ChurchWhole troops of those who are styled heretics, were massacred, particularly at Cyzicus, and at Samosata.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | Edward GibbonTheir landing on the little island of Cyzicus was attended with the ruin of that ancient and noble city.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | Edward Gibbon
British Dictionary definitions for Cyzicus
/ (ˈsɪzɪkəs) /
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)
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