Troas
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No. 329; see also those of Alexandria Troas in Mionnet, Nos.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried
Cleanthes was born at Assos in the Troas, about 300 b.c.; he came to Athens at an early age, and became the pupil of Zeno, whom at his death he succeeded in his school.
From The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero by Yonge, Charles Duke
But at Troas a vision appered unto him by night.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard
After the great riot in Ephesus, which interrupted his plans, Paul set sail on a coasting vessel for Macedonia, changing ship at Troas.
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
So, setting sail from Troas, we ran straight to Samothrace, and on the next day to Neapolis.
From The Children's Bible by Sherman, Henry A.
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