Phocaea definition

fō-sēə
An ancient Ionian Greek city of western Asia Minor on the Aegean Sea in present-day Turkey. It was an important maritime state c. 1000 to 600 bc but declined after falling to the Persians (c. 540).
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(place) Ancient Ionian city in W Asia Minor, on the Aegean.
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Alternative Forms

Alternative Form of phocaea - phoca, phocea

Phocaea Sentence Examples

  • A large part of the emigrants proceeded only as far as Chios, returned to Phocaea, and submitted to the Persian yoke.

  • Phocaea continued to exist under the Persian government, but greatly reduced in population and commerce.

  • The original story was probably contained in an old epic poem called Mcvuas 7roeiats, the authorship of which was ascribed to Prodicus of Phocaea.

  • On the Aegean coast it often occurs in early coinage (17) -- at Lampsacus 131-129, Phocaea 256-254, Cyzicus 252-247, Methymna 124.6, &c. In later times it was a main unit of North Syria, and also on the Euxine, leaden weights of Antioch,(3), Callatia and Tomis being known (38).

  • It was used at Phocaea as 58.5, and passed to the colonies of Posidonia and Velia as 59 or 118.

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