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Xanthus

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Principal city in ancient Lycia, on a river of the same name, celebrated for its temples and works of art; sustained two sieges, the last of which terminated in the self-destruction of its inhabitants; ruins of it exist, and are Cyclopean; also the name of a river in the Troad, called also the Scamander.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Xanthus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​x/xanthus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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