Phocis
Americannoun
noun
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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
Phocis was directly to the east, bounded on the north by Doris and the Locri Epicnemidii, and south by the Corinthian Gulf.
From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John
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
In spite of the counsels of prudence and of a timorous affection, the intrepid traveller would not omit any portion of her itinerary; she traversed successively into Bœotia, Phocis, Ætolia, and the Peloponnesus.
From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by Adams, W. H. Davenport
Arachova, in Phocis, 276 sq.; in Kynuria, 440.
From Rambles and Studies in Greece by Mahaffy, J. P.
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