Cydnus
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noun
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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
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
Alexander bathes in the cold waters of the Cydnus, is seized with illness, and shows his generous trust in the physician that attended him,—drinking the cup handed him, although it was said to be poisoned.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 by Various
He then found himself at Tarsus, where he made a long halt, from a dangerous illness which he got by bathing in the river Cydnus.
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
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