Associations to the word «Granicus»

Wiktionary

GRANICUS, proper noun. A river in north-western Anatolia, where Alexander the Great defeated the forces of the Persian Empire under Darius III

Dictionary definition

GRANICUS, noun. The battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians (334 BC).

Wise words

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