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countryman_n such_o work_n at_o home_n that_o they_o must_v necessary_o recall_v he_o ibid._n xenoph._n ibid._n plutarch_n in_o artax_n &_o agesilao_n pausan_n ibid._n to_o this_o purpose_n he_o send_v one_o timocrates_n a_o rhodian_a into_o greece_n with_o gold_n to_o the_o value_n of_o 50_o talent_n to_o the_o intent_n that_o he_o may_v therewith_o corrupt_v the_o lead_n and_o the_o principal_a man_n of_o the_o several_a city_n and_o engage_v they_o into_o a_o war_n with_o the_o athenian_n against_o lacedaemon_n which_o be_v according_o bring_v about_o agesilaus_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n enter_v phrygia_n which_o be_v subject_a to_o pharnabazus_n about_o autumn_n spoil_v the_o country_n and_o by_o fair_a or_o foul_a mean_n take_v many_o city_n thence_o march_v he_o into_o paphlagonia_n which_o he_o withdraw_v from_o the_o obedience_n of_o the_o persian_a and_o receive_v 1000_o horse_n and_o 2000_o foot_n from_o cotys_n the_o king_n
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these_o tiding_n to_o confirm_v the_o associate_v city_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n while_o he_o march_v through_o macedonia_n and_o thessaly_n towards_o the_o strait_n of_o thermopylae_n conon_n the_o athenian_a and_o pharnabazus_n admiral_n of_o the_o persian_a fleet_n lay_v about_o doryma_n a_o place_n in_o the_o chersonesus_n with_o about_o 90_o galley_n who_o have_v notice_n that_o the_o enemy_n fleet_n be_v about_o gnidus_n prepare_v themselves_o for_o a_o engagement_n periarchus_n or_o periander_n the_o lacedaemonian_a admiral_n weigh_v anchor_n sail_v from_o gnidus_n with_o 120_o ship_n to_o physeus_n another_o place_n in_o the_o chersonesus_n and_o thence_o direct_v his_o course_n straight_o against_o the_o king_n fleet_n and_o at_o the_o first_o have_v the_o better_a of_o it_o but_o the_o persian_a galley_n come_v in_o apace_o to_o the_o relief_n of_o their_o friend_n the_o lacedaemonian_a confederate_n begin_v to_o shift_v for_o themselves_o 6._o justin_n lib._n 6._o the_o 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