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Examples
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"Eretrian," said Pausanias, striking his clenched hand on the table,
Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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In the meantime Mendè, a city of Pallenè and an Eretrian colony, revolted from them.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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His accomplice was Gongylus the Eretrian, to whose care he had entrusted Byzantium and the captives.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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Those of them who took refuge in the city of Eretria, relying on the friendship of the inhabitants, fared worst, for they were butchered by them; but such as gained the fortified position which the Athenians held in the Eretrian territory escaped, and also the crews of the vessels which reached Chalcis.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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Gongylus — the sole Eretrian who “joined the Mede,” and in consequence was banished.
Hellenica 2007
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Eretria, and he sent a fearful report to Athens that no Eretrian had escaped him; for the soldiers of Datis had joined hands and netted the whole of Eretria.
Laws 2006
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Eretrian territory, and the vessels which got to Chalcis, were saved.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005
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Eretrian, whom he had placed in charge of Byzantium and the prisoners.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005
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He snapped at an Eretrian commander who tried to rebut him, What are you doing making an argument about war?
The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004
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He snapped at an Eretrian commander who tried to rebut him, What are you doing making an argument about war?
The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004
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