Definitions for Granicus

Granicus Gra·ni·cus

Spelling: [gruh-nahy-kuh s]
IPA: /grəˈnaɪ kəs/

Granicus is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 340 anagrams from letters in Granicus (acginrsu).

Definitions for Granicus

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  1. a river in NW Turkey, flowing N to the Sea of Marmara: battle 334 b.c. 45 miles (70 km) long.

Examples for Granicus

The opinion of my divinity assisted my arms and subdued all nations before me, from the Granicus to the Ganges.

His opinion was, however, overruled by the views of the other commanders, and the battle of the Granicus was the consequence.

I find but little real fighting on horseback in all antiquity like that of Alexander the Great at the passage of the Granicus.

In spite of the size of the Persian army, which was much larger than his own, Alexander won a complete victory at the Granicus.

Frightful decadences followed; but the little casket which contained the "Thoughts" on the banks of the Granicus was saved.

The name of the Persian general who commanded at the battle of the Granicus was Memnon.

From his encampment on the Granicus Alexander turned to the southward, and moved along on the eastern shores of the Ægean Sea.

The people of Adrasteia occupied the Propontis, as far as the Granicus.

Alexander thought the Granicus less of an obstacle than Mount Ida.

After the battle of the Granicus most of the Ionian cities submitted to the conqueror.

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