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Ægypt againſt Agathocles Agefilaus Alcibiades Alexander alſo ambaſſadors ambuſcade Antigonus appriſed arms army aſſiſtance Athenians attack Autophradates Barbarians battle beſieged camp Carthaginians cavalry Chabrias CHAP Cleandridas cloſe commanded conſequence courſe defeated defired Demetrius deſign Dionyfius diſcovered diſpatched diſtance dreſſed eaſy embaſſy encamped enemy enemy's engaged Epaminondas eſcape Eumenes expedition firſt flain fleet foldiers fome foon force gave guard Gylippus himſelf horſe houſe immediately intereſts Iphicrates Lacedæmonians Macedonians maſter Megacles moſt night obſerving occafion oppoſite ordered paſs paſſage paſſed Perſians perſons poſſeſſed poſſeſſion poſted preſent priſoners propoſed proviſions purpoſe raiſed reſolution reſpective reſt retreat revolt ſafe ſaid ſame ſaw ſea ſecured ſeeing ſeiſed ſent ſervice ſet ſhe ſhewed ſhields ſhips ſhore ſhould ſide ſiege ſignal ſmall ſome ſon ſpears ſpirits ſtate ſtation ſtratagem ſtruck ſuch ſupplied ſuppoſed ſurpriſed ſuſpected ſwords Syracufans Thebans themſelves theſe thoſe thouſand Thrace Thracians took triremes troops uſed veſſels victory walls whoſe