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Issus or -os , i, f., = Ἰσσός,
I.a city of Cilicia, on the Mediterranean (the Gulf of Issus, now Gulf of Iskenderun), at the foot of Mount Amanus, where Darius was defeated by Alexander, Mel. 1, 13, 1; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3; Curt. 3, 8, 8. —
II. Deriv. Issĭcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Issus: “sinus,the Gulf of Issus, Mel. 1, 13, 1; Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 243.
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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 2.10.3
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 3.8.8
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