Granicus

[ gruh-nahy-kuhs ]

noun

1. a river in NW Turkey, flowing N to the Sea of Marmara: battle 334 b.c. 45 miles (70 km) long.

Granicus

/ ɡrəˈnaɪkəs /

noun

1. an ancient river in NW Asia Minor where Alexander the Great won his first major battle against the Persians (334 bc )

Example Sentences

Granicus serves more than 700 state, county and municipal governments and schools nationwide.

From Washington Post

Consequently the letter was not delivered until after Macedon and Persia had met at the Granicus.

From Project Gutenberg

It was at the battle of the Granicus.

From Project Gutenberg

Some have seen in it the combat between Patroclus and Sarpedon, and the death of the latter; others have recognized in it the battles of the Granicus, of Arbela, of Platæa, of Marathon, etc.

From Project Gutenberg

The Persians took post on the river Granicus, near the town of Parium, on one of the declivities of Mount Ida.

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