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  • An ancient Greek city of Asia Minor in present-day southwest Asiatic Turkey. It was noted for its wealth and its magnificent buildings and statuary.

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  • Cos he came by night to Cnidus, and was prevailed upon by the importunity of the Cnidians, instead of disembarking his men, to sail at once, just as he was, against twenty Athenian ships with which Charminus (one of the generals at Samos) was watching for the twenty-seven ships expected from Peloponnesus, being those which

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • This Triopium is a promontory in the district of Cnidus on which there is a temple of Apollo.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • They did not attack the Peloponnesians at Cnidus, nor the Peloponnesians them; but they carried away the heavy tackle of their own ships which had been left at Symè, and touching at Loryma, a place on the mainland, returned to Samos.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Symè and raised a trophy; they then returned and put into port again at Cnidus.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • They put in at Cnidus, which under the influence of Tissaphernes43 had already revolted from Athens.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • So in the same winter they sailed from Cnidus against

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • The Peloponnesians touched at Cnidus, and there uniting with the twenty-seven ships from Caunus, they all sailed to

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Miletus, when they heard of their arrival, ordered one half of these ships to protect Cnidus, and the other half to cruise off

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Cnidus, and attacking the town, which was unwalled, all but took it.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Cnidus, and were making the repairs necessary after the battle, while the Lacedaemonian commissioners conferred with Tissaphernes

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

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