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An ancient Greek city on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; site of the mausoleum at Halicarnassus.

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  • Herodotus was born a Persian subject sometime between 490 and 484 B.C. in Halicarnassus, in southwestern Asia Minor.
  • "Bite?" calls Halicarnassus, from down the river.
  • Dionysius of Halicarnassus traced the evolution of
  • "They are only getting up steam," said Halicarnassus.
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