Naucratis

American  

[naw-kruh-tis] / ˈnɔ krə tɪs /

noun

1. an ancient Greek city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.

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Naucratis British  

/ ˈnɔːkrətɪs /

noun

1. an ancient Greek city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta: founded in the 7th century _bc

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Example Sentences

Athenaeus of Naucratis, writing in the late second or early third century ce, preserved a contemporary description of the coronation festivities for Ptolemy II Philadelphus in 285.

From Literature

One Greek city they found existing, Naucratis; Alexander had called Alexandria Ptolemaic kingdom. into being; the first Ptolemy added Ptolemais as a Greek centre for Upper Egypt.

From Project Gutenberg

When Naucratis was given by Amasis II. the monopoly of Greek traffic, the Greeks were all removed from Daphnae, and the place never recovered its prosperity; in Herodotus’s time the deserted remains of the docks and buildings were visible.

From Project Gutenberg

Imported vases from the Aegean, of the “Dipylon,” “proto-Corinthian” and “Rhodian” fabrics, occur rarely, and were imitated by the native potters; and early in the 6th century appears the specific influence of Ionia, and still more of Naucratis in the Egyptian delta.

From Project Gutenberg

Deinon in his Persian History and Lyceas of Naucratis retained both these stories together in the form that Amasis sent Nitetis to Cyrus, and that she was the mother of Cambyses who invaded Egypt to avenge Hophra.

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