Phocis
Americannoun
noun
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Commanding all the plain of the lake Copais, it also gives a view of the sides of Parnassus, and of the passes into Phocis, which cannot be seen till the traveller reaches this point.
From Rambles and Studies in Greece by J. P. Mahaffy
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 John Lord
Only in the departments of Arcadia, Eurytania, Corinth, Cephalonia, Lacedaemon, Laconia, Phocis, Argolis and in the Cyclades, is the female population in excess of the male.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
Thebes had for ten years been at war with Phocis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
Sparta undertakes an expedition against Phocis in behalf of the Doric Tetrapolis.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller
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