Phocis
Americannoun
noun
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King Cleombrotus was accordingly ordered to march out of Phocis, where he was with a powerful force, into Bœotia.
From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John
He took Phocis, and thus gained the famous pass, being able to attack it on both sides.
From Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
In his march he took Nicæa from the Thebans, and entered Phocis, and converted Elatea into a permanent garrison.
From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John
These various movements have their mythical name,—the return of the Heracleidæ; and their quasi-historical,—the invasion of Bœotia and Phocis by the Thessalians, and the invasion and conquest of Peloponnesus by the Dorian mountaineers.
From Problems in Greek history by Mahaffy, John Pentland
Of the three Anticyras that in Phocis was the most famed for its hellebore, which, being there used combined with “sesamoides,” was, according to Pliny, taken with more safety than elsewhere.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
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