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Page 425
... to their city , along the whole quarter looking towards Epipolæ , including the Temenites , to prevent their being circumvallated so easily as they would with a less circuit , in case of their being 78-75 . ] 425 THUCYDIDES . VI .
... to their city , along the whole quarter looking towards Epipolæ , including the Temenites , to prevent their being circumvallated so easily as they would with a less circuit , in case of their being 78-75 . ] 425 THUCYDIDES . VI .
Page 441
... Epipolæ , a precipitous tract , and lying right above their city , they could not , even if defeated in battle , be easily circumvallated , they determined to guard ' the ap- proaches to it , that the enemy might not gain the heights 1 ...
... Epipolæ , a precipitous tract , and lying right above their city , they could not , even if defeated in battle , be easily circumvallated , they determined to guard ' the ap- proaches to it , that the enemy might not gain the heights 1 ...
Page 442
... Epipolæ , " [ or " Overton . " ] They , then , went out at day - break with all their forces into the meadow along the course of the river Anapus , ( Hermocrates and his colleagues having just come into office as their generals , ) and ...
... Epipolæ , " [ or " Overton . " ] They , then , went out at day - break with all their forces into the meadow along the course of the river Anapus , ( Hermocrates and his colleagues having just come into office as their generals , ) and ...
Page 443
Thucydides. fort on Labdalum , on the highest point of the cliffs of Epipolæ , Looking towards Megara , to be a magazine for their baggage and treasures , whenever they advanced either to fight or to work at the wall . 98. Not long after ...
Thucydides. fort on Labdalum , on the highest point of the cliffs of Epipolæ , Looking towards Megara , to be a magazine for their baggage and treasures , whenever they advanced either to fight or to work at the wall . 98. Not long after ...
Page 445
... Epipolæ looks towards the great harbour , and in which direction their wall of circumvallation would be finished in the shortest distance by their going down over the plain and the marsh to the harbour . The Syracusans meanwhile went ...
... Epipolæ looks towards the great harbour , and in which direction their wall of circumvallation would be finished in the shortest distance by their going down over the plain and the marsh to the harbour . The Syracusans meanwhile went ...
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