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Robert Franklin Pennell

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897. Excerpt: ... Athenians, and wished her aid in expelling them. Accordingly, a large force was despatched from Syracuse to Catana. While this was on its way, the Athenian fleet sailed into the Great Harbor of Syracuse, and, landing near the river Anapus, intrenched itself. When the Syracusans returned from Catana, a battle ensued, which resulted in favor of Nicias. But instead of taking advantage of this victory, he withdrew again to Catana, and there spent the winter (415-414) in idleness. During this time the Syracusans were active. They fortified the city by walls and forts. Ambassadors were sent to the Peloponnesus to form alliances with the cities there and obtain what aid they could. The Spartans, through the influence of Alcibiades, resolved to send an auxiliary force under the command of Gylippus, a general of skill and energy. In early spring, Nicias began the siege of Syracuse in earnest. The city consisted at this time of two parts, an inner and an outer. The former comprised the island of Ortygia, the original city; the latter, called afterwards Achradfaa, occupied higher ground, on a peninsula north of Ortygia. The island of Ortygia, on which the modern city is built, is about two miles in circumference, lying between the Great Harbor on the west and the Little Harbor on the east, and separated from the mainland by a narrow channel. The Great Harbor is a fine bay, five miles in circumference. The Little Harbor was spacious enough to receive a large fleet. The outer city was defended on the north and east by the sea, which beat against high cliffs and rocks with such force that it was impossible to land. On the other side it was protected by a high wall. The Athenian fleet touched at Leon, a little to the north of Syracuse. Here the troops disembarked and ma...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ancient Greece From the Earliest Times Down to 146 B.C.. To get started finding Ancient Greece From the Earliest Times Down to 146 B.C., you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 193

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Publisher: Boston , Allyn and Bacon

Release: 1895

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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897. Excerpt: ... Athenians, and wished her aid in expelling them. Accordingly, a large force was despatched from Syracuse to Catana. While this was on its way, the Athenian fleet sailed into the Great Harbor of Syracuse, and, landing near the river Anapus, intrenched itself. When the Syracusans returned from Catana, a battle ensued, which resulted in favor of Nicias. But instead of taking advantage of this victory, he withdrew again to Catana, and there spent the winter (415-414) in idleness. During this time the Syracusans were active. They fortified the city by walls and forts. Ambassadors were sent to the Peloponnesus to form alliances with the cities there and obtain what aid they could. The Spartans, through the influence of Alcibiades, resolved to send an auxiliary force under the command of Gylippus, a general of skill and energy. In early spring, Nicias began the siege of Syracuse in earnest. The city consisted at this time of two parts, an inner and an outer. The former comprised the island of Ortygia, the original city; the latter, called afterwards Achradfaa, occupied higher ground, on a peninsula north of Ortygia. The island of Ortygia, on which the modern city is built, is about two miles in circumference, lying between the Great Harbor on the west and the Little Harbor on the east, and separated from the mainland by a narrow channel. The Great Harbor is a fine bay, five miles in circumference. The Little Harbor was spacious enough to receive a large fleet. The outer city was defended on the north and east by the sea, which beat against high cliffs and rocks with such force that it was impossible to land. On the other side it was protected by a high wall. The Athenian fleet touched at Leon, a little to the north of Syracuse. Here the troops disembarked and ma...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ancient Greece From the Earliest Times Down to 146 B.C.. To get started finding Ancient Greece From the Earliest Times Down to 146 B.C., you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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