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They determined to sail to Himera, especially as the straits were unguarded.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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Himeraeans to make common cause with them, and not only to join in the expedition themselves, but to supply arms to all their unarmed sailors, for they had beached their ships at Himera.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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Tyrrhenian Gulf, they touched at Himera, the only Hellenic city in this part of the island.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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Himera, made a descent upon the country in concert with the Sicels, who had invaded the extreme border of the Himeraeans from the interior; they also attacked the Aeolian Isles.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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They might attempt to throw themselves into Syracuse by sea, but the risk would be great; or they might go first to Himera, and gathering a force of the Himeraeans, and of any others whom they could induce to join them, make their way by land.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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So they sailed through the strait and, touching by the way at Rhegium and Messenè, reached Himera.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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Himera was colonised from Zanclè by Euclides, Simus, and Sacon.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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Himera, the galingale hummed over by the bees, and the pine that dropped her cones, and Amaryllis in her cave, and Bombyca with her feet of carven ivory.
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The same winter the Athenians in Sicily made a descent from their ships upon the territory of Himera, in concert with the
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005
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Tyrrhene Gulf they touched at Himera, the only Hellenic city in that part of the island, and being refused admission resumed their voyage.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005
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