Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, THE EIGHTH BOOK, chapter 101

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101. In the meantime, Mindarus and the Peloponnesian fleet that was at Chios, when they had spent two days in victualling their galleys and had received of the Chians three Chian tessaracostes a man, on the third day put speedily off from Chios and kept far from the shore, that they might not fall amongst the galleys at Eressos. [2] And leaving Lesbos on the left hand, went to the continent side, and putting in at a haven in Craterei, belonging to the territory of Phocaea, and there dining, passed along the territory of Cume, and came to Arginusae in the continent over against Mytilene, where they supped. [3] From thence they put forth late in the night and came to Harmatus, a place in the continent over against Methymna; and after dinner going a great pace by Lectus, Larissa, Hamaxitus, and other the towns in those parts, came before midnight to Rhoeteium; this now is in Hellespont. But some of his galleys put in at Sigeium and other places thereabouts.

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Commentary references to this page (5):
- T. G. Tucker, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 8, 8.76
- C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 4, CHAPTER LII
- Charles D. Morris, Commentary on Thucydides Book 1, 1.79
- Charles D. Morris, Commentary on Thucydides Book 1, Speech of King Archidamus. Chaps. 80-85.
- Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides Book 7, 7.42
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- Raphael Kühner, Friedrich Blass, Ausführliche Grammatik der Griechischen Sprache, Von den Adjektiven und Participien insbesondere.
- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 1.3.1
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), ARGINU´SAE
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), ELAEA
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), HAMAXITUS
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), HARMATHUS
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), LECTUM
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), RHOETEUM
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), SIGE´UM
- Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, Concord of the adjective attribute.
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- LSJ, δύο
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- LSJ, νύξ
- LSJ, πολύς
- LSJ, προσβάλλω
- LSJ, πρωΐ
- LSJ, τεσσα^ρα^κοστ-ός

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