Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient Greek city of southwest Asia Minor on the Aegean Sea in present-day Turkey. In the fourth century BC. Queen Artemisia built a magnificent tomb here for her husband, King Mausolus. His mausoleum was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun ancient Greek city on the southwest coast of
Caria , Anatolia
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an ancient Greek city on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; site of the mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Halicarnassus.
Examples
-
Herodotus was born a Persian subject sometime between 490 and 484 B.C. in Halicarnassus, in southwestern Asia Minor.
-
Herodotus was born a Persian subject sometime between 490 and 484 B.C. in Halicarnassus, in southwestern Asia Minor.
-
He then moved the Carian capital from the inland town of Mylasa to Halicarnassus.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
-
Alexander wanted to visit the newly completed temple to Athena in Priene, designed by Pythius himself, architect of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
-
Memnon had taken the fleet north from Cos after his defeat at Halicarnassus and seized the island of Chios, then sailed to Lesbos, which he captured except for the chief town of Mytilene.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
-
The new commander then moved his forces to the coastal city of Halicarnassus, south of Miletus.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
-
On the march from Miletus to Halicarnassus, the Macedonians captured several smaller towns along the way, presumably including the sacred oracle of Apollo at Didyma.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
-
The satrap had recently seized the Carian throne from his sister, Ada, and now wanted to make sure his position was secure if Philip made it as far as Halicarnassus.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
-
Still Alexander was no closer to taking Halicarnassus than he had been when he first arrived.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
-
Herodotus: Greek historian of the fifth century B.C. from Halicarnassus who wrote a colorful history of much of the known world.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
fbharjo commented on the word Halicarnassus
near the old rhodes island
April 20, 2012