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  • Stagirus, a colony of the Andrians, revolted also.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Andrian colony of Stagirus, took Galepsus, a colony of Thasos, by storm.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005

  • Not long after, Stagirus, a colony of the Andrians, followed their example and revolted.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005

  • Cleon, having sailed round from Torone to Amphipolis, made Eion his base, and after an unsuccessful assault upon the Andrian colony of Stagirus, took Galepsus, a colony of Thasos, by storm.

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

  • Cleon, having sailed round from Torone to Amphipolis, made Eion his base, and after an unsuccessful assault upon the Andrian colony of Stagirus, took Galepsus, a colony of Thasos, by storm.

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

  • Shortly afterwards their example was followed by Stagirus, one day to become famous as the birthplace of Aristotle.

    Stories from Thucydides

  • Not long after, Stagirus, a colony of the Andrians, followed their example and revolted.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War 455? BC-395 BC Thucydides 1866

  • Eion his base, and after an unsuccessful assault upon the Andrian colony of Stagirus, took Galepsus, a colony of Thasos, by storm.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War 455? BC-395 BC Thucydides 1866

  • Acanthus and Stagirus hastened to open their gates to him; and early in the ensuing winter, by means of forced marches, he suddenly and unexpectedly appeared before the important Athenian colony of Amphipolis on the Strymon.

    A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest William Smith 1853

  • Source: U.S.M.A. Born in 384 BCE in Stagirus (alternately Stagira or Stageirus), a small town in northern Greece on the Chalcidic Peninsula, to Nicomachus, a medical doctor, and Phaestis, his mother,

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

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