Tyrian

• “He is commonly called a Tyrian, but they suppose that Batanea, which is in”

  NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians

• “We regretted to find, that instead of being one of the new line of English packets, the Tyrian was the last of the old line; small, ancient, and incommodious, and destined to be paid off on her return to England.”

  Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country

• “English packets, the Tyrian was the last of the old line; small, ancient, and incommodious, and destined to be paid off on her return to England.”

  Life in Mexico

• “Phoenician artists not yet under Greek influence, and all about were set the wonderful bronzes, such as Tyrian artificers made for the”

  Romance Island

• “The chief employment and source of wealth to the inhabitants consisted in collecting a species of shell-fish, from which an inferior kind of Tyrian dye was extracted.”

  A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson

• “The imperial "Tyrian" purple of Rome was derived from a mollusk - 12,000 of them extracted only 1.5 grams of the dye.”

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• “The Tyrian envoys took council together, then informed the Macedonian king that it was unfortunately impossible to allow him into the city at the moment as this might seem a provocation to the Persians.”

  Simon & Schuster: Alexander the Great

• “He leapt up from his chair and vented the full measure of his wrath on the Tyrian envoys: Do you really think you are safe from me because you live on an island?”

  Simon & Schuster: Alexander the Great

• “Alexander was hungry for a battle at sea, but the Tyrian admiral in charge signaled his fleet to retreat quickly into the protected harbor on the north side of their town.”

  Simon & Schuster: Alexander the Great

• “As Alexander approached the city, he was met by Tyrian envoys who welcomed him to their city with provisions for his army and a golden crown of submission.”

  Simon & Schuster: Alexander the Great

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