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... Walls by Konon . Antalkidas procures the arrest of Konon . Death of Thrasyboulos at Aspendos . Attack of Teleutias on the Peiraieus . The PEACE OF ANTALKIDAS imposed on the Greeks by the Persian king . The Spartans restore Plataia . 301 ...
... Walls by Konon . Antalkidas procures the arrest of Konon . Death of Thrasyboulos at Aspendos . Attack of Teleutias on the Peiraieus . The PEACE OF ANTALKIDAS imposed on the Greeks by the Persian king . The Spartans restore Plataia . 301 ...
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... wall or rampart of the great plain of Thessaly . This plain , which may be roughly described as a square of sixty miles , is shut in to the west by the chain of Pindos , which runs southward at right angles from the Kambounian and ...
... wall or rampart of the great plain of Thessaly . This plain , which may be roughly described as a square of sixty miles , is shut in to the west by the chain of Pindos , which runs southward at right angles from the Kambounian and ...
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... walls , and the result was that these cities had been enclosed within fortifications , while the inland tribes continued to live in scattered villages . They had in fact parted company , and were journeying in different directions . The ...
... walls , and the result was that these cities had been enclosed within fortifications , while the inland tribes continued to live in scattered villages . They had in fact parted company , and were journeying in different directions . The ...
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... walls could join together the possessions of different families ; no plough might break the neutral ground which left each abode in impenetrable seclusion . The curse attached to the removing of a neighbour's landmark shows that the ...
... walls could join together the possessions of different families ; no plough might break the neutral ground which left each abode in impenetrable seclusion . The curse attached to the removing of a neighbour's landmark shows that the ...
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... wall with an inscription which declared it to be an offering by Aristomenes from Spartan spoil . When in the next year , the story goes on to tell us , his enemies met him by the Boar's Grave in the plain of Stenyklaros , they were ...
... wall with an inscription which declared it to be an offering by Aristomenes from Spartan spoil . When in the next year , the story goes on to tell us , his enemies met him by the Boar's Grave in the plain of Stenyklaros , they were ...
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