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  • He drove them through the country of the Pelasgi, and Achaea in the land of Phthia, and through Locris, and Boeotia and Megaris, and thence into Peloponnesus by way of Corinth and Larissa, until he brought them to Tegea.

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • He drove them through the country of the Pelasgi, and Achaea in the land of Phthia, and through Locris, and Boeotia and Megaris, and thence into

    Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Hesiod

  • Under the leadership of Myronides they set out for Megaris and conquered in battle all the forces (of the enemy), by those past service and those not yet ready for it, going into a foreign country to meet those who presumed to invade theirs.

    The Orations of Lysias 440? BC-380 BC Lysias

  • Spartans were soon called from Attica to protect their homes, and Pericles himself, at the lead of a large force, spread desolation over the little territory of Megaris.

    Mosaics of Grecian History Marcius Willson

  • The city of Megaris (then Theodoret's capital) was ablaze with bonfires on the night that the Comte de la Forêt entered it at the head of his forces.

    Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship James Branch Cabell 1918

  • Demetrios rode unhelmeted, intending that these snarling little people of Megaris should plainly see the man whom they most feared and hated.

    Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship James Branch Cabell 1918

  • Demetrios came to Megaris where Perion lay fettered in the Castle of

    Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship James Branch Cabell 1918

  • They got arms at the Hôtel d'Ebelin, and they rode out of the city of Megaris, where the bonfires lighted over-night in Perion's honour were still smouldering, amid loud execrations.

    Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship James Branch Cabell 1918

  • More thanks to Bracciolini's precautions, these two got safely from the confines of San 'Alessandro, and afterward from the city of Megaris.

    Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship James Branch Cabell 1918

  • Theodoret's capital, Megaris, ruddy with bonfires; the free port of

    Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship James Branch Cabell 1918

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