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  • The monastery is taken, its defenders are destroyed, and now the sheepfold on the other side of the Phalerum is the obstacle.

    The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II Thomas Barnes Cochrane Dundonald 1873

  • Moreover, there is his tomb at Phalerum, which is said to have been constructed at the public expense, because he did not leave enough money to defray his funeral expenses.

    Plutarch's Lives, Volume II 46-120? Plutarch 1839

  • Even Aristotelean philosophy has affinities to skepticism, affinities which are in this case manifest in an Aristotelean rhetorical tradition which incorporates the rhetorical works of Theophrastus, Demetrius of Phalerum and others, and which emphasizes the power of persuasive speech rather than argument's ability to establish what is true.

    Ancient Skepticism Groarke, Leo 2008

  • On the coast south of Phalerum, celebrated for its fisheries.

    Hellenica 2007

  • The Phaleric wall extended four miles from Phalerum to the city walls: the portion of the city wall which was guarded was somewhat less than five miles; that between the

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • About this time the Athenians began to build their Long Walls extending to the sea, one to the harbour of Phalerum, and the other to the Piraeus.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • For the day before yesterday I was coming from my own home at Phalerum to the city, and one of my acquaintance, who had caught a sight of me from behind, hind, out playfully in the distance, said: Apollodorus, O thou Phalerian man, halt!

    thispain Diary Entry thispain 2006

  • About this time the Athenians began to build the long walls to the sea, that towards Phalerum and that towards Piraeus.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005

  • Athens, in hope to surprise it, and having at leisure doubled the point of Sunium, were discovered above the port Phalerum, so that the chief and most illustrious men, despairing to save the city would have betrayed it.

    Essays and Miscellanies 2004

  • Come now and tell me of Alexander and Philip and Demetrius of Phalerum.

    The Meditations 2004

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