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  • Cyllene, equipped for a naval engagement, coasted along to Panormus in Achaia, whither the Peloponnesian army had gone to co-operate with them.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • ((LACUNA)) ‘In the mountains of Cyllene she (Maia) bare Hermes, the herald of the gods.’

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • Thus the country was a prey to devastation, and the invaders massed round Cyllene.

    Hellenica 2007

  • Athenians,61 were caught in a storm near Crete, and, making their way in a straggling condition from Crete to the Peloponnesus, found at Cyllene thirteen Leucadian and Ambraciot triremes, and Brasidas the son of Tellis, who had been sent out as a commissioner to advise Alcidas.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Then the god went straight back again at dawn to the bright crests of Cyllene, and no one met him on the long journey either of the blessed gods or mortal men, nor did any dog bark.

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • Here is a child, a burgling robber, whom I found after a long journey in the hills of Cyllene: for my part I have never seen one so pert either among the gods or all men that catch folk unawares throughout the world.

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • B.C. 400 – 399 (?) .170 During the rest of the summer and the ensuing winter the territory of the Eleians was ravaged and ransacked by Lysippus and his troops, until Thrasydaeus, the following summer, sent to Lacedaemon and agreed to dismantle the walls of Phea and Cyllene, and to grant autonomy to the Triphylian townships171 — together with

    Hellenica 2007

  • Cyllene and the deep-shadowed cave in the rock where the divine nymph brought forth the child of Zeus who is the son of Cronos.

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • Peloponnesian ships from Cyllene, which since the expedition to

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • The envoys from Corinth having reached Lacedaemon found there Alcibiades with his fellow refugees, who had at once crossed over in a trading vessel from Thurii, first to Cyllene in Elis, and afterwards from thence to Lacedaemon; upon the

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005

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