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"When I had set sail thence the wind took me first to Ismarus, which is the city of the Cicons.
The Odyssey 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1868
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Ulysses was nine days in sailing from Ismarus, the city of the Ciconians, to the country of the Lotus-eaters — a period of time which to-day would breed anxiety in the hearts of the underwriters should it be occupied by the slowest tramp steamer in traversing the Mediterranean and Black seas from Gibraltar to Sebastopol.
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For example, Odysseus and his men stormed and sacked the city of Ismarus in Thrace, a Trojan ally.
The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006
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For example, Odysseus and his men stormed and sacked the city of Ismarus in Thrace, a Trojan ally.
The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006
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Thee, too, Ismarus, proud nations saw aiming wounds and arming thy shafts with poison, -- thee, of house illustrious in
The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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Three Thracians likewise of Boreas 'sovereign race, and three sent by their father Idas from their native Ismarus, fall in divers wise before him.
The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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Ismarus, the city of the Ciconians, to the country of the
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Odysseus relates, first, what befell him amongst the Cicones at Ismarus; secondly, amongst the Lotophagi; thirdly, how he was used by the Cyclops Polyphemus.
Book IX Homer 1909
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Now I had with me a goat-skin of the dark wine and sweet which Maron, son of Euanthes, had given me, the priest of Apollo, the god that watched over Ismarus.
Book IX Homer 1909
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The wind that bare me from Ilios brought me nigh to the Cicones, even to Ismarus, whereupon I sacked their city and slew the people.
Book IX Homer 1909
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