Panchaia

[ pahn-chee-uh ]

noun

1. an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.

Example Sentences

Being sent, as he represented, on a voyage of discovery by Cassander, King of Macedon, he came to an island called Panchaia, in the capital of which, Panara, he found a temple of the Tryphilian Jupiter, where stood a column inscribed with a register of the births and deaths of many of the gods.

From Project Gutenberg

The truth, however, of the relation contained in the work of Euhemerus, has been vindicated by modern writers; who have attempted to prove that Panchaia was an island of the Red Sea, which Euhemerus had actually visited in the course of his voyage222.

From Project Gutenberg

Sed neque Medorum sylvæ, ditissima terra, Nec pulcher Ganges, atque auro turbidus Hermus, Laudibus Italiæ certent; non Bactra, neque Indi, Totaque thuriferis Panchaia pinguis arenis.

From Project Gutenberg

With this he storm'd, that's Priests from altars flie streight banish'd Hebæ, & the world did thinke To a second Chaos they should turned be, the clouds for feare wept out th' immortal drinke and on Panchaia there this Nectar fell, Made rich th' adiacent lands with odorous smell, and such rare spices to the shoares are giuen, as Ioue would thinke no Nectar were in heauen.

From Project Gutenberg

By this the Lady's in the Arabian fields, And fearefully doth range about the same, Which plenteously the bearing Date-tree yeelds, At length she also through Pænchaia came, Her fathers rage being something over-past, At Saba land she doth arriue at last.

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