Θάψακον (Thapsakon)

Θάψακον is an Ancient Greek form of Θάψακος, meaning “Thapsakos — a town of considerable importance on the right bank of the Euphrates, in lat”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun or adjective.

Found 29 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Alexander 68.1: … ν καὶ τὴν Λιβύην παρακομισθείς διὰ στηλῶν Ἡρακλείων ἐμβαλεῖν εἰς τὴν ἐντὸς θάλασσαν, καὶ πλοῖα παντοδαπὰ περὶ Θάψακον ἐπήγνυτο, καὶ συνήγοντο ναῦται καὶ κυβερνῆται πανταχόθεν.

Arrian, Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις 2.13.1: … ερσῶν τοὺς διασωθέντας ἐκ τῆς μάχης καὶ τῶν ξένων τῶν μισθοφόρων, ἐς τετρακισχιλίους ἔχων τοὺς πάντας, ὡς ἐπὶ Θάψακόν τε πόλιν καὶ τὸν Εὐφράτην ποταμὸν σπουδῇ ἤλαυνεν, ὡς τάχιστα μέσον αὑτοῦ τε καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου τὸν Εὐφράτην ποιῆσ …

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.