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Page 59
... Pharnabazus for the people of Cyzicum , but at the perfuafion of Alcibiades , fuccors were fent to thofe of Chios before all others . He likewife paffed over into Ionia , and prevailed with almost all that country to re- volt , and ...
... Pharnabazus for the people of Cyzicum , but at the perfuafion of Alcibiades , fuccors were fent to thofe of Chios before all others . He likewife paffed over into Ionia , and prevailed with almost all that country to re- volt , and ...
Page 64
... Pharnabazus fuccored them . all he could from the fhore , and with an armed force at- tempted to fave their veffels . The conclufion was , that the Athenians , having taken thirty of the enemy's ships , and recovered their own , erected ...
... Pharnabazus fuccored them . all he could from the fhore , and with an armed force at- tempted to fave their veffels . The conclufion was , that the Athenians , having taken thirty of the enemy's ships , and recovered their own , erected ...
Page 65
... Pharnabazus , who came to their fuccor . Mindarus made a brave refiffance , and was flain ; but Pharnabazus faved himself by flight . The Athenians remained mafters of the field , and of the fpoils , and took all the enemy's fhips ...
... Pharnabazus , who came to their fuccor . Mindarus made a brave refiffance , and was flain ; but Pharnabazus faved himself by flight . The Athenians remained mafters of the field , and of the fpoils , and took all the enemy's fhips ...
Page 66
... Pharnabazus , without the least opposi- tion . The priests and priesteffes he made prifoners , among the reft , but ... Pharnabazus advanced to raise the fiege , and Hippocrates , the governor , fallied out with his whole force to attack ...
... Pharnabazus , without the least opposi- tion . The priests and priesteffes he made prifoners , among the reft , but ... Pharnabazus advanced to raise the fiege , and Hippocrates , the governor , fallied out with his whole force to attack ...
Page 67
... Pharnabazus on thefe conditions ; namely , that a fum of money fhould be paid them by Pharnabazus ; that the Chalcedonians fhould return to their allegiance to the republic of Athens ; and that no injury fhould be done the province of ...
... Pharnabazus on thefe conditions ; namely , that a fum of money fhould be paid them by Pharnabazus ; that the Chalcedonians fhould return to their allegiance to the republic of Athens ; and that no injury fhould be done the province of ...
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