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  • Gongylus — the sole Eretrian who “joined the Mede,” and in consequence was banished.

    Hellenica 2007

  • Gongylus, one of the Corinthian commanders, who started last in a single ship, arrived at Syracuse before the rest of the fleet, and a little before Gylippus.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • His accomplice was Gongylus the Eretrian, to whose care he had entrusted Byzantium and the captives.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Gongylus, two brothers, also gave in their adhesion; they were lords, the one of Gambreum and Palae – Gambreum, the other of

    Hellenica 2007

  • To this same Gongylus he also gave a letter addressed to the King, of which, as was afterwards discovered, the terms were as follows:

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Here Xenophon was hospitably entertained at the house of Hellas, the wife of Gongylus the Eretrian155, the mother of Gorgion and Gongylus.

    Anabasis 2007

  • Meanwhile the Corinthian fleet from Leucas made all haste to arrive; and one of their commanders, Gongylus, starting last with a single ship, was the first to reach Syracuse, a little before

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005

  • He also gave Gongylus a letter for the King, the contents of which were as follows, as was afterwards discovered:

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005

  • Gongylus found the Syracusans on the point of holding an assembly to consider whether they should put an end to the war.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005

  • However, the Athenians had the better in the first encounter, and slew some few of the Syracusans, and amongst them Gongylus of

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

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