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This the Amathusians did, and have done to this day. When, however, the Ionians engaged in the sea-battle off Cyprus [33,35] (island), AsiaCyprus learned that Onesilus' cause was lost and that the cities of Cyprus [33,35] (island), AsiaCyprus, with the exception of Salamis [33.9,35.166] (deserted settlement), Famagusta, Cyprus, AsiaSalamis which the Salaminians had handed over to their former king Gorgus, were besieged, they sailed off to Ionia (region (general)), Europe Ionia without delay.
This the Amathusians did, and have done to this day. When, however, the Ionians engaged in the sea-battle off Cyprus [33,35] (island), AsiaCyprus learned that Onesilus' cause was lost and that the cities of Cyprus [33,35] (island), AsiaCyprus, with the exception of Salamis [33.9,35.166] (deserted settlement), Famagusta, Cyprus, AsiaSalamis which the Salaminians had handed over to their former king Gorgus, were besieged, they sailed off to Ionia (region (general)), Europe Ionia without delay.
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+Soli [34.55,36.75] (Perseus) Soli was the
Cyprian city which withstood siege longest; the
Persians took it in the fifth month by digging a mine under its walls.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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