Herodotus: The Athenian army besieges Sestos, and the starving Persian troops slip out from the rear; Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War…
The Athenian army besieges Sestos, and the starving Persian troops slip out from the rear
οἳ μὲν δὴ ἀπέπλεον, Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ ἐκ τῆς Ἀβύδου διαβάντες ἐς τὴν Χερσόνησον Σηστὸν ἐπολιόρκεον.
Location: 9.114-118
After the victory at Mycale, Athens and its allies besiege Sestos, winter there, and take it
ἐπειδὴ Μῆδοι ἀνεχώρησαν ἐκ τῆς Εὐρώπης νικηθέντες καὶ ναυσὶ καὶ πεζῷ ὑπὸ Ἑλλήνων καὶ οἱ καταφυγόντες αὐτῶν ταῖς ναυσὶν ἐς Μυκάλην διεφθάρησαν, Λεωτυχίδης μὲν ὁ…
Location: 1.89.2
Place: Sestos
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