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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Thapsacus
Britannica 11thTHAPSACUS, the " large and prosperous city " on the Arabian side of the Euphrates where Cyrus the Younger revealed to the Greeks the object of his expedition (Xen. Anab. i. 4, n). No such place has yet been found mentioned in cuneiform texts. We may have a Sem ...
Vol. 26, pp. 725-725
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Thapsus
Britannica 11thTHAPSUS, a low peninsula, now known as Magnisi, joined by a narrow isthmus to the mainland of Sicily, about 7 m. N.N.W. of Syracuse. The founders of Megara Hyblaea settled here temporarily, according to Thucydides, in the winter of 720-728 B.C., but it seems t
Vol. 26, pp. 726-726
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