Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

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    Sestos

    place · 4 works · 5 mentions · 5 anchored passages

    in the texts

    History of the Peloponnesian WarClassical · Greek

    A city on the Hellespont held by the Medes, besieged and captured by the Athenians and their allies after the Persian retreat from Europe.

    while the Athenians, and the allies from Ionia and the Hellespont, who had now revolted from the king, stayed behind, and laid siege to Sestos, of which the Medes were in possession.
    chapter 1
    Now the Athenians were at Sestos with eighteen ships;
    chapter 8
    The Athenians, drawn up in column, were sailing close along shore towards Sestos;
    chapter 8

    IliadClassical · Greek

    Town on the Hellespont held by the contingent led by Asios.

    They that dwelt about Perkote and Praktios, with Sestos, Abydos, and Arisbe - these were led by Asios, son of Hyrtakos, a brave commander - Asios, the son of Hyrtakos, whom his powerful dark bay steeds, of the breed that comes from the river Selleis, had brought from Arisbe.
    chapter 2

    In Defence of EuxenippusClassical · Greek

    A city whose loss by Theotimus is cited as an example of the serious crimes formerly punished by impeachment.

    At one time the men impeached before you were Timomachus, Leosthenes, Callistratus, Philon of Anaea, Theotimus who lost Sestos, and others of the same type.
    in defence of euxenippus

    AntidosisClassical · Greek

    Hellespontine city captured by Timotheus.

    Sestos and Crithôte, among those in the Hellespont;
    antidosis
    Well, then, from Samos he sailed away and captured Sestos and Crithôte, forcing you, who up to that time had been careless of your interests in the Chersonese, to give your attention to that territory.
    antidosis