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NAUCRATES

Volume 14 · 79 words · 1810 Edition

Greek poet, who was employed by Artemisia to write a panegyric upon Mausolus.β€”An orator who endeavoured to alienate the cities of Lycia from the interest of Brutus.

Naucratitis, a city of Egypt on the left side of the Canopic mouth of the Nile. It was celebrated for its commerce, and no ship was permitted to land at any other place, but was obliged to sail directly to the city, there to deposit its cargo. It gave birth to Athenaeus.