Phocaea

Proper noun

Meaning

(historical) an ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia

(astronomy) 25 Phocaea, a main belt asteroid.

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After a time he abandoned Phocaea, breaking the support agreement, and went clandestinely to Chios to found a school there, reciting Homer’s verses as his own. Source: Internet

After frequenting the salons of Phocaea without much success, he entered into an agreement with one Thestorides, who would support him in exchange for the title to the authorship of his work. Source: Internet

A Genoese commercial boat captain, which was conducting acts of piracy alongside commercial activity, was able to capture the young prince and take him over to Phocaea on the Aegean Sea, which was under Genoese rule. Source: Internet

Byzantium: The Decline and Fall p. 284 Andronikos III meanwhile effected the recovery of Phocaea in 1334 from the last Genoese governor, Domenico Cattaneo. Source: Internet

In 1346, a chartered company or Maona (the " Maona di Chio e di Focea ") was set up in Genoa to reconquer and exploit Chios and the neighbouring town of Phocaea in Asia Minor. Source: Internet

Phocaea was one of the first Greek cities whose mariners explored the shores of the western Mediterranean. Source: Internet

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