proper noun
Chărax
Meaning
- a fortress in the valley of Tempe
Chărax, ăcis, f., = Χάραξ,
I. a fortress in the valley of Tempe, now Carisso, Liv. 44, 6, 10.—
II. A town on the Persian Gulf, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 100; 6, 26, 30, § 124 sq.
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
Biography & mythologyCharaxCharax (Χάραξ), of Pergamus, an historian and priest. Works Ἑλληνικά and Χρονικά Charax wrote two large works, the one, in forty books, called Ἑλληνικ…GeographyCharaxCharax (Χάραξ, Strab. xvii. p.836; φάραξ, 4.3.14; Κόραξ, Stadiasm. p. 836), a seaport town, belonging to the Carthaginians, at the bottom of the Great…GeographyCharaxCharax (Χάραξ: Eth. Χαρακηνός). Stephanus (s. v.) has collected the names of several places called Charax. One is the Charax Alexandri, near Celaenae …