Phocis

American  

[foh-sis] / ˈfoʊ sɪs /

noun

1. an ancient district in central Greece, N of the Gulf of Corinth: site of Delphic oracle.

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Phocis British  

/ ˈfəʊsɪs /

noun

1. an ancient district of central Greece, on the Gulf of Corinth: site of the Delphic oracle

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Example Sentences

From the slope beyond Phyle the young man saw the Bœotian plain spread out before them, and beyond, in the purple distance, the rocky ramparts of Phocis.

From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Fuller, Robert H.

Arachova, in Phocis, 276 sq.; in Kynuria, 440.

From Rambles and Studies in Greece by Mahaffy, J. P.

Gradually the exiled oligarchs combined; with the defeat of Tolmides at Coroneia, Boeotia was finally lost to the empire, and the loss of Phocis, Locris and Megara was the immediate sequel.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

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

At last, in the month of August, Philip, with thirty thousand foot and two thousand horse, met the allied Greeks at Chæronea, the last Bœotian town on the frontiers of Phocis.

From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John