Phocis was created in 1899.
Phocis Football Clubs Association was created in 1985.
Phocis's population is 49,576.
The area of Phocis is 2,120 square kilometers.
In the valley of Phocis.
Nikolaos Makarezos was born in 1919, in Gravia, Phocis, Greece.
Mount Parnassus in the Valley of Phocis in inland Greece, she sits on top of a sacred tripod
Mount Parnassus in the Valley of Phocis in inland Greece, she sits on top of a sacred tripod
Kirra is the modern name of a village in Phocis; Alternate modern spellings include 'Cirrha' and 'Kirrha'. It is also sometimes called Adrastea. In Greek myth, Cirrha (Kirra) was a nymph from whom the town of Cirrha in Phocis was believed to have derived its name. Kirra means 'lady'.
Delphi is located in lower central Greece on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis.
The land of Phocis is where Theban King Laius dies in the play "Oedipus Rex" by ancient Greek playwright Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Phocis was and remains a region of central Greece. Its significance to the play is that it includes Delphi, the location of the oracle that Laius is seeking to consult when he is murdered. The precise location of the murder is at the crossroads for access from Thebes to Daulia and Delphi.
Corinth, Delphi, Phocis, and Thebes are the places to which Oedipus travels in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus is born in Thebes, but fostered as an infant into the royal house of Corinth. As a young man, he travels to Delphi to consult the famous, respected Delphic oracle about a troubling rumor regarding his parentage. He then travels from Delphi, through the land of Phocis and on to Thebes by way of the Delphi-Daulis-Thebes crossroads.
Corinth, Delphi, Phocis and Thebes are the places to which Oedipus journeys in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus is transported in infancy from his native Thebes to Corinth. As a young man, he leaves Thebes to consult the Delphic oracle. He makes the decision to move to Thebes after hearing his fate as his father's killer and his mother's husband. He passes through Phocis by the roads branching off of the Delphi-Daulia intersection. He resides in Thebes until his overthrow and exile.