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Pyrrhias the Aetolian was the head of the deputation which came to Heraclea to share their views with Attalus and the Roman commander.
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Neistian gate, Parthenopaeus, son of the huntress maid, led a company bristling with serried shields, himself with his own peculiar badge in the centre of his targe, Atalanta slaying the Aetolian boar with an arrow shot from far.
The Phoenissae 2008
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There I saw Tydeus and his serried ranks of targeteers hurling their Aetolian spears into the opening at the top of the turrets, with such good aim that our men fled and left the beetling battlements: but thy son rallied them once more, as a huntsman cheers his hounds, and made them man the towers again.
The Phoenissae 2008
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There I saw Tydeus and his serried ranks of targeteers hurling their Aetolian spears into the opening at the top of the turrets, with such good aim that our men fled and left the beetling battlements: but thy son rallied them once more, as a huntsman cheers his hounds, and made them man the towers again.
The Phoenissae 2008
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Tydeus, the son of Oeneus; true Aetolian spirit fires his breast.
The Phoenissae 2008
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Tydeus, the son of Oeneus; true Aetolian spirit fires his breast.
The Phoenissae 2008
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Neistian gate, Parthenopaeus, son of the huntress maid, led a company bristling with serried shields, himself with his own peculiar badge in the centre of his targe, Atalanta slaying the Aetolian boar with an arrow shot from far.
The Phoenissae 2008
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The share of the Athenians was captured on the voyage home; the arms now deposited in the Attic temples are three hundred panoplies, which the Acarnanians set apart for Demosthenes, and which he brought to Athens in person, his return to his country after the Aetolian disaster being rendered less hazardous by this exploit.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005
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The Aetolian nation, although numerous and warlike, yet dwelt in unwalled villages scattered far apart, and had nothing but light armour, and might, according to the Messenians, be subdued without much difficulty before succours could arrive.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005
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The Aetolian disaster, which had been mainly caused by the wood, had not a little to do with these reflections.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005
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