Byzas

[ bahy-zuhs ]

noun

1. a son of Poseidon and the eponymous founder of Byzantium.

Example Sentences

As the 16th-century French topographer Pierre Gilles observed, the Bosporus “is the first creator of Byzantium, greater and more important than Byzas,” the founder of Byzantium.

From New York Times

In a nutshell development of this land dates back to 3000 B.C. and, a bit later, a message from the Oracle at Delphi telling King Byzas where to build his Greek city.

From Washington Times

Constantinople was Greek in the beginning, founded away back, six hundred years or more b.c., and named Byzantium, after one Byzas, its founder.

From Project Gutenberg

This ganza money is reckoned by byzas, each byza being 100 ganzas, and is worth about half a ducat of our money, more or less according as gold is cheap or dear.

From Project Gutenberg

For this reason, when any one is to receive payment he ought to have along with him a public weigher of money, engaged a day or two before he commences that business, whom he pays two byzas a-month, for which he is bound to make good all your money and to maintain it good, as he receives it and seals the bags with his own seal, and when he has collected any considerable sum he causes it to be delivered to the merchant to whom it belongs.

From Project Gutenberg