Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Byzantium” in book 9, card 938 of M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia:
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Rose Hero's tower, and Helle born of cloud
Took from the rolling waves their former name.
Nowhere with shorter space the sea divides
Europe from Asia; though Pontus parts
By scant division from Byzantium 's hold
Chalcedon oyster-rich: and small the strait
Through which Propontis pours the Euxine wave.
Then marvelling at their ancient fame, he seeks
Sigeum's sandy beach and Simois' stream,
Rhoeteu...
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| † | Byzantium (Turkey) | 276 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
† This entity has been selected by the automated classifier as the most likely match in this context. It may or may not be the correct match.