Gongylus · Atlas

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Gongylus the Eretrian“the earlier Gongylus”3 mentions

Hellenica (Greek) · History of the Peloponnesian War (Greek) · Anabasis (Greek)

and these cities also were a gift from the Persian king to the earlier Gongylus, because he espoused the Persian cause,—the only man among the Eretrians who did so,—and was therefore banished.

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in the texts

History of the Peloponnesian WarClassical · Greek

Corinthian commander who arrives at Syracuse first with a single ship, forestalling Syracusan surrender talks.

them by saying that there were other ships still sailing up, and Gylippus, son of Cleandridas, sent by the Lacedaemonians in command of them.

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The Corinthians, meanwhile, were coming to their assistance from Leucas with their other ships as quickly as they could, and Gongylus, one of the Corinthian commanders, who had put to sea last of all with a single vessel, arrived first at Syracuse, though but a little before Gylippus.

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This he managed in concert with Gongylus the Eretrian, to whom he had committed Byzantium and the prisoners.

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AnabasisClassical · Greek

Son of Hellas who later leads his own force to help Xenophon's Greeks.

Here Xenophon was entertained by Hellas, the wife of Gongylus the Eretrian and mother of Gorgion and Gongylus.

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But as soon as Gongylus saw that the Greeks were few and those who were attacking them many, he sallied forth himself, in spite of his mother, at the head of his own force, desiring to take part in the action;

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HellenicaClassical · Greek

Eretrian who alone among his countrymen sided with Persia, was banished, and received Myrina and Grynium as a reward, later inherited by his descendants.

and these cities also were a gift from the Persian king to the earlier Gongylus, because he espoused the Persian cause,—the only man among the Eretrians who did so,—and was therefore banished.

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