Phocis

[ foh-sis ]

noun

1. an ancient district in central Greece, N of the Gulf of Corinth: site of Delphic oracle.

Phocis

/ ˈfəʊsɪs /

noun

1. an ancient district of central Greece, on the Gulf of Corinth: site of the Delphic oracle

Example Sentences

The two young men are friends: Pylades of Phocis, and Orestes, who is thought to be dead.

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In Phocis was Κυῤῥα, Currha, where Apollo Κυῤῥαιος was honoured; which names were more commonly expressed Κιῤῥα and Κιῤῥαιος.

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Pausanias, speaking of a cavern in Phocis, says, that it was particularly sacred to Aphrodite.

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At daybreak they reached the summit, where a thousand Greeks from Phocis had been stationed as a guard.

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Sparta at that moment had a strong army under Cleombrotus, one of its two kings, in Phocis, on the frontier of Bœotia.

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