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Granicus
[gruh-nahy-kuhs]
noun
a river in NW Turkey, flowing N to the Sea of Marmara: battle 334 b.c. 45 miles (70 km) long.
Granicus
/ ɡəˈԲɪə /
noun
an ancient river in NW Asia Minor where Alexander the Great won his first major battle against the Persians (334 bc )
Example Sentences
Granicus serves more than 700 state, county and municipal governments and schools nationwide.
Consequently the letter was not delivered until after Macedon and Persia had met at the Granicus.
It was at the battle of the Granicus.
Some have seen in it the combat between Patroclus and Sarpedon, and the death of the latter; others have recognized in it the battles of the Granicus, of Arbela, of Platæa, of Marathon, etc.
The Persians took post on the river Granicus, near the town of Parium, on one of the declivities of Mount Ida.
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