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But Argos [22.7333,37.6417] (Perseus) Argos was so wholly deprived of men that their slaves took possession of all affairs, ruling and governing until the sons of the slain men grew up. Then they recovered Argos [22.7333,37.6417] (Perseus) Argos for themselves and cast out the slaves; when they were driven out, the slaves took possession of +Tiryns [22.8167,37.6] (Perseus) Tiryns by force.
But Argos [22.7333,37.6417] (Perseus) Argos was so wholly deprived of men that their slaves took possession of all affairs, ruling and governing until the sons of the slain men grew up. Then they recovered Argos [22.7333,37.6417] (Perseus) Argos for themselves and cast out the slaves; when they were driven out, the slaves took possession of +Tiryns [22.8167,37.6] (Perseus) Tiryns by force.
[2] For a while they were at peace with each other; but then there came to the slaves a prophet,
Cleander, a man of
Phigalea in
+Arcadia [22.25,37.583] (department), Peloponnese, Greece, Europe Arcadia by birth; he persuaded the slaves to attack their masters. From that time there was a long-lasting war between them, until with difficulty the
Argives got the upper hand.
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Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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