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Syracusan crosswall, probable location: Map 7.44, AX.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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Syracusan crosswall, probable location: Map 7.44, AX.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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The bronze casket lay empty against the crosswall separating the lodge from the tomb in the other half of the building.
Lord of the Isles 1997
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With the fall of dark, Nypsios 'men burst out from Ortygia and poured over the crosswall like a river in spate.
The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966
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Suddenly a great sheet of flame roared up from the crosswall; the Syracusans had fired the timber end.
The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966
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They shored up the crosswall with half-charred timbers, and got it manned again.
The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966
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After an unknown interval this passageway was barred by a single crosswall with a 32-inch-wide door in the middle.
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