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Hellespont, in order to raise supplies of money, and took the city of Selymbria, in which action, through his precipitation, he exposed himself to great danger.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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Europe are these: — first comes the Chersonese, in which there are many cities, then Perinthos, the strongholds of the Thracian border, Selymbria, and Byzantion.
The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003
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Metropolitan of Selymbria, whose name is unknown, was one of the prelates who signed a letter to the pope on the union of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Among the bishops omitted by Le Quien must be mentioned Philotheus, who lived about 1365, the author of the panegyric on St. Agathonicus, a martyr of Nicomedia who suffered at Selymbria under Maximian, and of the panegyric on Saint (?)
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Selymbria was an ally of the Athenians and in 343 was perhaps attacked by Philip.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Cantacuzenus celebrated the marriage of his daughter Theodora and the sultan Orkhan with great pomp at Selymbria.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Godfrey, learning that the emperor held in captivity Hugues, a prince of France, demanded the latter's freedom, and on the emperor's refusal pillaged the neighborhood of Salabria (Selymbria).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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By the same treaty, Selymbria, on the north coast of the Propontis, ought to have been independent.
The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 384 BC-322 BC Demosthenes 1912
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After this he sailed into the Hellespont, in order to raise supplies of money, and took the city of Selymbria, in which action, through his precipitation, he exposed himself to great danger.
Alcibiades Plutarch 1909
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They were joined there by L. Cornelius from Selymbria, and a few days later by Antiochus, who returned from Thrace.
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