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Phocis

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Pho·cis  (fss)
A historical region of central Greece north of the Gulf of Corinth. In early times (before 590 b.c.) it controlled the oracle at Delphi. The region was ultimately conquered by Philip II of Macedon.
Phocis [ˈfəʊsɪs]
n
(Placename) an ancient district of central Greece, on the Gulf of Corinth: site of the Delphic oracle


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And at Syracuse, the victory in their war with the Athenians being owing to the common people, they changed their free state into a democracy: and at Chalcis, the people having taken off the tyrant Phocis, together with the nobles, immediately seized the government: and at Ambracia also the people, having expelled the tyrant Periander, with his party, placed the supreme power in themselves.
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