place
Massilia
The Greek colony (modern Marseille) founded by settlers from Phocaea; a leading Greek city of the western Mediterranean.
Reading notes
- Consolation to His Mother Helvia §7 Massilia
Massilia (Marseille), the Phocaean Greek colony in Gaul; its founders, Seneca says, first settled Corsica.
- On Mercy §1.15 Massilia
Greek-founded Massilia (Marseille), a place of comfortable exile, where Tarius confined his condemned son.