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

The work itself has vanished, but 62 fragments remain, quoted in a Roman text by Athenaeus of Naucratis.

From The Guardian • Aug. 12, 2011

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 "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Their spies had made frequent visits to Melcatis, Naucratis, Sai, Menuf, and Terenuthis, and had sailed across the Canopus and Bolbita arms of the Nile.

From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Glovatski, Alexander

Of the ancient cities in the Delta there are remains, among others, of Sais, Iseum, Tanis, Bubastis, Onion, Sebennytus, Pithom, Pelusium, and of the Greek cities Naucratis and Daphnae.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various

If Amasis introduced 62 the Greeks to Naucratis, no Hellenic remains on the site can be older than 504 b.c.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.