Epidamnus
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Epidamnuis
in the texts
History of the Peloponnesian War
A colony on the Ionian Gulf founded jointly by Corcyra and Corinth, whose internal strife and siege by Corcyra become the immediate occasion for war between Corcyra and Corinth.
Epidamnuis is a, city situated on the right hand as you sail into the Ionian Gulf;
Now the Corinthians, when news was brought from Epidamnus of its being besieged, immediately began to prepare an army;
The Corcyraeans replied, that if the Corinthians too would withdraw the men they had in Epidamnus, they would do so;
The Rights of War and Peace
City cited as the destination of a Corinthian colony.
The same writer, speaking of the second colony sent by the Corinthians to Epidamnus, says, “they gave public notice that such as were willing to go should enjoy equal privileges with those that staid at home.
Thus Thucydides speaks of the prisoners taken at Epidamnus, and killed by the Corcyraeans, and Hannibal is reported to have massacred five thousand prisoners at once.
So that the Corcyraeans, when going to besiege Epidamnus, gave leave to all strangers to withdraw, denouncing that they would otherwise be treated as enemies.