Cyzicus

[ siz-i-kuh s ]

/ ˈsɪz ɪ kəs /

an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, in Mysia, on a peninsula in the Sea of Marmara.

Example sentences from the Web for cyzicus

According to Homer, the Troad begins from the city Cyzicus and the river Æsepus.

The Geography of Strabo, Volume II (of 3) |Strabo
He then taught physics in Cyzicus and the Propontis, and subsequently, accompanied by a number of pupils, went to Athens.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 |Various
Lala of Cyzicus, the lady artist just referred to, lived in the time of Augustus Cæsar.

Illuminated Manuscripts |John W. Bradley
Mithridates used one at the siege of Cyzicus one hundred and fifty feet in height.

Beacon Lights of History, Volume III |John Lord

He transported half the population of Cyprus to a new city near Cyzicus, called Justinianopolis after its founder.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 |Various

Cyzicus

/ (ˈsɪzɪkəs) /

an ancient Greek colony in NW Asia Minor on the S shore of the Sea of Marmara: site of Alcibiades' naval victory over the Peloponnesians (410 bc)