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Granicus

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Granicus [grəˈnaɪkəs]
n
(Placename) an ancient river in NW Asia Minor where Alexander the Great won his first major battle against the Persians (334 bc)
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Noun1.Granicus - the battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians (334 BC)Granicus - the battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians (334 BC)
Battle of Granicus River
Anatolia, Asia Minor - a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey
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334-345) And Tethys bare to Ocean eddying rivers, Nilus, and Alpheus, and deep-swirling Eridanus, Strymon, and Meander, and the fair stream of Ister, and Phasis, and Rhesus, and the silver eddies of Achelous, Nessus, and Rhodius, Haliacmon, and Heptaporus, Granicus, and Aesepus, and holy Simois, and Peneus, and Hermus, and Caicus fair stream, and great Sangarius, Ladon, Parthenius, Euenus, Ardescus, and divine Scamander.
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