History of Greece: I. Legendary Greece. II. Grecian History to the Reign of Peisistratus at Athens, Volume 7J. Murray, 1855 - Greece |
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... Gylippus to Syracuse CHAPTER LIX . ...... 320 321 326 328 329 330 From the commencement of the Siege of Syracuse by Nikias- down to the Second Athenian Expedition under Demosthenês , and the Resumption of the General War . Movements of ...
... Gylippus to Syracuse CHAPTER LIX . ...... 320 321 326 328 329 330 From the commencement of the Siege of Syracuse by Nikias- down to the Second Athenian Expedition under Demosthenês , and the Resumption of the General War . Movements of ...
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... Gylippus , in spite of discouraging reports Approach of Gylippus is made known to Nikias . Facility of pre- venting his farther advance - Nikias despises him , and leaves him to come unobstructed . He lands at Himera in Sicily 360 ...
... Gylippus , in spite of discouraging reports Approach of Gylippus is made known to Nikias . Facility of pre- venting his farther advance - Nikias despises him , and leaves him to come unobstructed . He lands at Himera in Sicily 360 ...
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... Gylippus , immediately on arriving .... Page 367 Gylippus surprises and captures the Athenian fort of Labdalum ... 368 He begins the construction of a third counter - wall , on the north side of the Athenian Circle ......... Nikias ...
... Gylippus , immediately on arriving .... Page 367 Gylippus surprises and captures the Athenian fort of Labdalum ... 368 He begins the construction of a third counter - wall , on the north side of the Athenian Circle ......... Nikias ...
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... Gylippus surprises and takes Plemmyrium Important consequences of the capture ... ........ Increased spirits and confidence of the Syracusans , even for sea- fight 401 ib . ..... 402 Efforts of the Syracusans to procure farther ...
... Gylippus surprises and takes Plemmyrium Important consequences of the capture ... ........ Increased spirits and confidence of the Syracusans , even for sea- fight 401 ib . ..... 402 Efforts of the Syracusans to procure farther ...
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... Gylippus ............ .. Page 435 The Syracusans determine to block up the mouth of the harbour , and destroy or capture the whole Athenian armament ............ 437 Large views of the Syracusans against the power of Athens - new ...
... Gylippus ............ .. Page 435 The Syracusans determine to block up the mouth of the harbour , and destroy or capture the whole Athenian armament ............ 437 Large views of the Syracusans against the power of Athens - new ...
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¹ Thucyd Agis Alkibiadês alliance allies Amphipolis Andokidês Argeians Argos armament army Arnold arrival assembly Athe Athenian Athenian fleet Athens attack battle blockade Boeotians Chios citizens cliff command Corinth Corinthians counter-wall cusans dæmonians defeat Dekeleia democracy Demosthenês despatched Diodor Dorian Egesta Eleians enemy envoys Ephors Euryâlus Eurymedon expedition farther favour festival force Grecian Greece Greeks ground Gylippus Harbour Hermæ Hermokratês hoplites island Kamarina Katana Kleon Lacedæmon Lacedæmonians Lamachus Leontines Lepreum Mantineia ment Messênê month nians Nikias oligarchical party peace Peloponnesian Peloponnesus persons Plutarch position present probably Rhegium sail sect sent ships Sicilian Sicily Sikel Sokratês Sparta Syra Syracusans Syracuse Tegea territory Thucydidês tion town treaty triremes troops truce wall words ἂν αὐτοῖς γὰρ δὲ διὰ εἶναι ἐν ἐς καὶ μὲν μὴ οἱ οὐ οὐκ πρὸς τὰ τε τῇ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τὸν τοῦ τοὺς τῷ τῶν ὡς
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Page 294 - Witnesses of such a character as not to deserve credit in the most trifling cause, upon the most immaterial facts, gave evidence so incredible, or, to speak more properly, so impossible to be true, that it ought not to have been believed if it had come from the mouth of Cato ; and upon such evidence, from such witnesses, were innocent men condemned to death and executed.
Page 479 - Demosthenes, amisso exercitu , a captivitate gladio et voluntaria morte se vindicat : Nicias autem, ne Demosthenis quidem exemplo , ut sibi consuleret , admonitus , cladem suorum auxit dedecore captivitatis.