Phasis
place · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
the Phasis
in the texts
The Funeral Speech
River beyond which the invading Amazons were driven by the Athenians' ancestors.
They so prevailed over the invading host of the Amazons as to expel them beyond the Phasis, and the host of Eumolpus and of many another foeman they drove not only out of their own land but also from the lands of all the other Greeks—invaders whom all those dwelling on our front to the westward neither withstood nor possessed the power to halt.
Isthmean
A river at the eastern edge of the known world, to which Xenocrates is said to have sailed in summer, illustrating his far-reaching hospitality.
he journeyed as far as Phasis in the summer, and in the winter sailed to the banks of the Nile.
Anabasis
Destination in the east associated with a plan to seize Phasian land and with accusations against Xenophon.
But suppose you have been deceived and bewitched by me and we have come to the Phasis;
I hear, soldiers, that some one is bringing a charge against me, namely, that I am going to deceive you and lead you to the Phasis.
And Neon said that Xenophon had won over the other generals and was intending to deceive the soldiers and lead them back to the Phasis.