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[6] οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Μενέλαον ἀκριβῶς εἰδότες ἁλωσομένην τὴν πόλιν, εἰ μή τι καινοτομεῖν ἐπιχειρήσειαν, ἤθροισαν ὕλης ξηρᾶς πλῆθος, ταύτην δὲ περὶ τὸ μεσονύκτιον ἐμβαλόντες ταῖς τῶν πολεμίων μηχαναῖς καὶ ἅμα πάντας τοὺς πυρσοφόρους ἀπὸ τῶν τειχῶν ἀφέντες ἀνῆψαν τὰ μέγιστα τῶν ἔργων.

Diodori Bibliotheca Historica, Vol 4-5. Diodorus Siculus. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. Kurt Theodor Fischer. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1903-1906. Keyboarding.

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