 For for eight months together, they allowed no more but to every man a cotyle2 of water by the day, and two cotyles of corn. And whatsoever misery is probable that men in such a place may suffer, they suffered. Some seventy days they lived thus thronged....  The History of the Grecian War - Page 420by Thucydides - 1823 - 479 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thucydides - 1830 - 496 pages
...hunger and thirst. For during eight months together they allowed them no more but to every man a cotyle3 of water by the day, and two cotyles of corn. And...Italians as were of the army with them, they sold the rest.4 How many were taken in all, it is hard to say exactly ; but they were seven thousand 1 SiŠ°... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - History - 1835 - 442 pages
...hunger and thirst. For for eight months together they allowed them no more but to every man a cotyle* of water by the day, and two cotyles of corn : and...suffer, they suffered. Some seventy days they lived thus * A small measure about half a pint. thronged. Afterwards retaining the Athenians, and such Sicilians... | |
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...hunger and thirst. For for eight months together they allowed them no more but to every man a cotyle* of water by the day, and two cotyles of corn : and...whatsoever misery is probable that men in such a place may sutler, they suffered. Some seventy days they lived thus * A small measure about half a pint. thronged.... | |
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...they allowed them no more but to every man a cotyle* of water by the day, and two cotyles of com : and whatsoever misery is probable that men in such...suffer, they suffered. Some seventy days they lived thus * A small measure about half a pint. thronged. Afterwards retaining the Athenians, and such Sicilians... | |
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...with hunger and thirst. For for eight months together, they allowed no more but to every man a cotyle2 of water by the day, and two cotyles of corn. And...many were taken in all, it is hard to say exactly : but they were seven thousand at the fewest. And this was the greatest action that happened in all... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - 1843 - 508 pages
...with hunger and thirst. For for eight months together, they allowed no more but to every man a cotyle2 of water by the day, and two cotyles of corn. And...many were taken in all, it is hard to say exactly : but they were seven thousand at the fewest. And this was the greatest action that happened in all... | |
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...eight months together, they allowed no more but to every man a cotyle2 of water by the day, and t\vo cotyles of corn. And whatsoever misery is probable...many were taken in all, it is hard to say exactly : but they were seven thousand at the fewest. And this was the greatest action that happened in all... | |
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...hunger and thirst. For for eight months together they allowed them no more but to every man a cotylef of water by the day, and two cotyle<s of corn : and...men in such a place may suffer, they suffered. Some * Sphacteria. seventy days they lived thus thronged. Afterwards retaining the Athenians, and such Sicilians... | |
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...hunger and thirst. For for eight months together they allowed them no more but to every man a cotylef of water by the day, and two cotyles of corn : and...that men in such a place may suffer, they suffered. Sonic * Sphacteria. it A small measure about half a pint. j .evenly days they lived thus thronged.... | |
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...with hunger and thirst. For for eight months together, they allowed no more but to every man a cotyle of water by the day and two cotyles of corn. And whatsoever...many were taken in all it is hard to say exactly; but they were seven thousand at the fewest. And this was the greatest action that happened in all this... | |
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