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... islands called the Cyclades and the Egean sea , the promontory of Sunium stands out on Attic soil : and there is a ... island of no great size called after Patroclus ; for he had built a wall in it and laid a palisade , when he sailed ...
... islands called the Cyclades and the Egean sea , the promontory of Sunium stands out on Attic soil : and there is a ... island of no great size called after Patroclus ; for he had built a wall in it and laid a palisade , when he sailed ...
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... island . And here they perished , partly by one another's sword , partly by famine . And Magas being the husband of Apame , the daughter of Antiochus the son of Seleucus , persuaded Antiochus to violate the condi tions which , his ...
... island . And here they perished , partly by one another's sword , partly by famine . And Magas being the husband of Apame , the daughter of Antiochus the son of Seleucus , persuaded Antiochus to violate the condi tions which , his ...
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... exile to Calauria , the island near Trozen , and after having recalled him drove him into exile a second time after the defeat at Lamia . And when Demosthenes went into exile the second time , be crossed 14 PAUSANIAS .
... exile to Calauria , the island near Trozen , and after having recalled him drove him into exile a second time after the defeat at Lamia . And when Demosthenes went into exile the second time , be crossed 14 PAUSANIAS .
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... tians . And Pyrrhus , on becoming king , attacked the Corcyræans first of the Greeks , seeing that the island of Corcyra lay opposite to his own territory , and not wishing it to be a base for operations against him . BOOK I. - ATTICA . 21.
... tians . And Pyrrhus , on becoming king , attacked the Corcyræans first of the Greeks , seeing that the island of Corcyra lay opposite to his own territory , and not wishing it to be a base for operations against him . BOOK I. - ATTICA . 21.
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... island of Sphacteria , they said that was a fluke of war and not a genuine victory . But after their first reverse in Boeotia , they had a second severe one with Antipater and the Macedonians : and thirdly the war with Demetrius came on ...
... island of Sphacteria , they said that was a fluke of war and not a genuine victory . But after their first reverse in Boeotia , they had a second severe one with Antipater and the Macedonians : and thirdly the war with Demetrius came on ...
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