Mysia
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- Mysian adjective
Example Sentences
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Telephus, the king of Mysia, was wounded by the warrior Achilles in battle.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2015
Opposite to this Mysia is the island of Lesbos; the cities of which are, Methymna, where the celebrated Arion was born; and Mitylene, which has given to the whole island its modern name Metelin.
From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Rollin, Charles
This kingdom at first comprehended only one of the smallest provinces of Mysia, on the coast of the Ægean sea, over-against the island of Lesbos.
From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Rollin, Charles
Under the Byzantines it became the capital of the province of Hellespont and the metropolitan see of Mysia and of all the territory of Troy.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter
But that in Asia near Tralles, and those near the river Characometes, and near the city of Mysia, are so oily that those who bathe in them have no need of oil.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
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