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... enemies met him by the Boar's Grave ( Kaprou Sema ) in the plain of Stenyklaros , they were saved from utter destruction only because Aristomenes sitting down under a wild pear - tree was robbed of his shield by the Dios- kouroi . Still ...
... enemies met him by the Boar's Grave ( Kaprou Sema ) in the plain of Stenyklaros , they were saved from utter destruction only because Aristomenes sitting down under a wild pear - tree was robbed of his shield by the Dios- kouroi . Still ...
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... enemies . But he must again lose by the craft of his foes what he had gained by his own prowess . In a time of truce he is seized by some Kretan bowmen ; but a maiden had dreamed the night before that wolves had brought into the city a ...
... enemies . But he must again lose by the craft of his foes what he had gained by his own prowess . In a time of truce he is seized by some Kretan bowmen ; but a maiden had dreamed the night before that wolves had brought into the city a ...
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... enemies whom he had crushed , because he was anxious to take part in the continental war against Xerxes ; that , before he could set sail , the tidings came of the victory of Salamis and the retreat of the tyrant ; that on receiving the ...
... enemies whom he had crushed , because he was anxious to take part in the continental war against Xerxes ; that , before he could set sail , the tidings came of the victory of Salamis and the retreat of the tyrant ; that on receiving the ...
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... enemies who had fallen upon him in the country . Hastening to Athens , he pointed to the wounds , which he had inflicted on himself and on his mules , as attesting the truth of his tale , and prayed the people to grant him a body ...
... enemies who had fallen upon him in the country . Hastening to Athens , he pointed to the wounds , which he had inflicted on himself and on his mules , as attesting the truth of his tale , and prayed the people to grant him a body ...
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... enemies . If then these two great cities were exempted from the number of those who were bidden to acknowledge the supremacy of Persia , they would be as much driven to make com- mon cause with each other as if they had slain the ...
... enemies . If then these two great cities were exempted from the number of those who were bidden to acknowledge the supremacy of Persia , they would be as much driven to make com- mon cause with each other as if they had slain the ...
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