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	Battle of Cyzicus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Cyzicus (410 BC) was a naval battle in the Peloponnesian War.
		In the wake of the Athenian victory at Abydos in November 411 BC, the Spartan admiral Mindarus sent to Sparta for reinforcements and began working with the Persian satrap Pharnabazus to plan for a new offensive.
		Athens would win only one more naval battle in the war, at Arginusae, and their defeat at Aegospotami in 405 BC would bring the war to a close.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Cyzicus (833 words)

	battle of thermopylae - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		Knowing the likely outcome of the battle, Leonidas selected his men on one simple criteria: he took only men who had fathered sons that were old enough to take over the family responsibilities of their fathers.
		This battle, along with Sogdian Rock and similar actions, is used in military academies around the world to show how a small group of well-trained and well-led soldiers can have an impact out of all proportion to their numbers.
		The battle is also referred to in the context of the Vietnam war in the film Go Tell the Spartans (1978).
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/battle-of-thermopylae (1465 words)

	Alcibiades - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Alcibiades was born in Athens, the son of Cleinias and Deinomache, the latter of whom belonged to the family of the Alcmaeonidae.
		He took part in the Battle of Potidaea in 432, where his life was saved by Socrates, a service which he repaid at the Battle of Delium in 424 BC.
		After the Battle of Aegospotami, he crossed the Hellespont and took refuge in Phrygia, with the object of securing the aid of Artaxerxes against Sparta.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alcibiades (5278 words)

	History of Ancient Sparta
		His last capture occurred in a battle between him and many Spartans, in which he was wounded all over his body, but he was still fighting, until a stone found him on the head and fell.
		The proud Tegeans lost every battle and finally acknowledged the supremacy of Sparta, but they were never reduced to subjection and continued to be masters of their city, becoming only dependant allies.
		Though the battle was won by Thebans, on Epameinondas order they made peace, when he learned that all his favorite generals had been perished in the battle.
	www.sikyon.com /Sparta/history_eg.html (10532 words)

	Ancient Abydos: Holy Abydos
		Modern visitors to the beautifully decorated temples at Abydos reenact the pilgrimage to this sacred place once made by many ancient Egyptians to fulfill their religious obligations in much the same way that Jerusalem has attracted worshipers of many faiths for the past two millennia.
		For more than 3,000 years, Abydos was revered as a holy center where pharaohs and commoners participated in festivals and processions in honor of the gods, especially Osiris, ruler of the Egyptian underworld.
		Explorers and archaeologists working at Abydos since the early nineteenth century have largely focused on the stone remains left behind by the ancient pilgrims, particularly the impressive buildings inscribed and decorated by kings and the high elite.
	www.archaeology.org /online/features/abydos/abydos.html (994 words)

	abydos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		First, they are the first scientific excavations carried out in the very important southern section of Abydos since relatively superficial excavations in the 1900s revealed major but enigmatic royal buildings of large size in the area.
		A hitherto unsuspected cult-building for Ahmose's sister-wife Nefertari was located; and thousands of fragments of the original relief decoration of Ahmose's temple, overlooked by earlier excavators, were recovered by Harvey's meticulously executed excavations.
		Further news of significance about the Abydos project is that Dr. O'Connor delivered the Sackler Foundation Distinguished Lecture in Egyptology at the British Museum on July 20, 1994, describing the many important new discoveries made over the last several years to an international audience.
	www.museum.upenn.edu /new/research/Exp_Rese_Disc/AfricaEgypt/abydos.shtml (622 words)

	Battle Of Philippi
		To fight the battle had been his original desire, and as his counsels had prevailed, he was, of course, gratified with the prospect for the morrow.
		When Brutus found that all was lost, he allowed himself to be conducted off the field by a small body of guards, who, in their retreat, broke through the ranks of the enemy on a side where they saw that they should meet with the least resistance.
		This battle established the ascendency of Antony, and made him for a time the most conspicuous man, as Cleopatra was the most conspicuous woman, in the world.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles33n/cleopatra-9.shtml (4717 words)

	Tribute to a Conquering King
		Battle scenes at Abydos honor a pharaoh's triumph over Hyksos occupiers and his reunification of Egypt.
		Ahmose, descended from a princely Theban family, accomplished this, building on the efforts of his immediate predecessors, Seqenenre Tao and Kamose, and aided by female members of the royal house, such as his mother, Ahhotep, and grandmother, Tetisheri.
		On the other side of the temple are remains of a town contemporary with the entire 250-year period during which the pyramid temple functioned.
	www.archaeology.org /0107/abstracts/abydos.html (486 words)

	THE BATTLE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		An equally intractable problem is the association of the eclipse with the battle.
		It has to be admitted that there is another instance of Herodotus associating a battle with an eclipse which can be shown to have its basis in storytelling rather than historical accuracy (Mosshammer 1981, 151-53 and n.
		In this case, one possibility would be to contemplate the continuation of the war between the Medes and the Lydians for some years after the "battle of the eclipse" thereby lowering the date of the peace treaty that was eventually drawn up between Astyages and Alyattes.
	www.metu.edu.tr /home/wwwkerk/kerk1/12propub/wwwpaper/eclbygds/battle.html (534 words)

	Battle of Granicus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He continued to march north and with only a month's supplies, Alexanders one hope was to tempt the Persians into a set battle and inflict a crushing defeat on them.
		He also advised them that it would be disastrous to fight a pitched battle since the Macedonian infantry was so superior to their own.
		When 2000 of them were left, he ended the battle, captured them and sent them back to Macedonia as slaves to work in the mines.
	joseph_berrigan.tripod.com /id32.html (651 words)

	DPRP Reviews - 2004 - Volume 54
		Abydos is regarded as the birthplace of theatre and theatre plays an important role in the life of Andy and this was one of the reasons to choose Abydos as the title for his first solo project.
		Abydos is the solo project of an artist well known in the prog metal scene.
		Abydos, in Egypt, was significant in historical times as the main cult centre of Osiris, the Lord of the Netherworld.
	www.dprp.net /reviews/200454.html (3939 words)

	ANTIPATER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The core of Agis' battle line was the whole of the national army; Spartan citizens and their dependent Laconian allies 5 to 6,000 heavy infantry armed with spear and shield and with a tradition of bravery unsurpassed in Greek history.
		Success in battle depended on the man in the front rank who thrusting with his spear in one hand held his shield with the other not just protecting himself but the unguarded side of his comrade on the left.
		When battle was joined Antiphilus deployed his horseman in front of his infantry phalanx rather than on the wing, hoping by this unorthodox formation to decide the battle before his weaker infantry became too involved.
	hometown.aol.co.uk /bobbbennett/antipate.htm (19759 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 1999.09.13
		Consequently, B. in most cases after a detailed analysis of each battle, amply commenting on matters of tactics as well as on the topographical situation and local background, is forced to decide on grounds of factual plausibility.
		The first battle not described in Thucydides (Abydos, 410 B.C.), which Xenophon describes as succession of three stages, in Diodorus is amalgamated into one single event, depicted in a much more dramatic mood but with factual blunders such as the confusion of Tissaphernes and Pharnabazos, fused into one person also elsewhere in Diodorus (p.
		For instance, the total of allied forces under Athenian command at the battle of the Arginusai is the same in both traditions, but their composition differs (110 Athenian and about 40 allied in Xenophon as against 60 Athenian and about 90 allied in Diodorus).
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/1999/1999-09-13.html (2540 words)

	New Page 1
		Whenever Dan'yer visited Abydos, his first destination would be Sha'uri's grave, then to their little house that Kasuf kept for Dan'yer so he'd know that he always had a home of his own on Abydos.
		Of course, the fact that Abydos was a naquada rich planet and that the inhabitants were more than willing to share what was to them a useless chunk of rock had nothing to do with their quick acceptance of Hammond's request.
		Abydos was one of those places where Hammond would never want to live but was grateful to visit.
	www.members.tripod.com /tivester/battle_royal.htm (19939 words)

	BattleHonours
		There were three inconclusive battles in 1017, then in 1018 Basil Bioiannes crushed the Normans at the battle of Ofante.
		In the final battle, on September 11th 1022 at Aghpha near Erzerum, King Keorki, having first asked for peace attempted a surprise attack on the Byzantines.
		He was defeated and killed at the battle of Ostrovo by an Imperial army containing several companies of Varangians under the Sebastophorus Stephen.
	www.geocities.com /egfrothos/BattleHonours.html (2923 words)

	The Peloponnesian War -- Chapter 26 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		After passing unobserved the sixteen ships at Abydos, which had nevertheless been warned by their approaching friends to be on the alert to prevent their sailing out, at dawn they sighted the fleet of Mindarus, which immediately gave chase.
		Realizing that a battle was now imminent, both combatants extended their flank; the Athenians along the Chersonese from Idacus to Arrhiani with seventy-six ships; the Peloponnesians from Abydos to Dardanus with eighty-six.
		In the meantime the Peloponnesians sailed from Abydos to Elæus, and recovered such of their captured galleys as were still uninjured, the rest having been burned by the Elæusians, and sent Hippocrates and Epicles to Euboea to fetch the squadron from that island.
	www.litrix.com /pelop/pelop026.htm (4461 words)

	Eternal Egypt - The Kadesh Battle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The tired Egyptian soldiers were not prepared for the battle and three army divisions were absent.
		It is recorded in the Egyptian accounts of the battle that the king, who found himself surrounded by the enemy, prayed to Amun-Re for help while fighting valiantly.
		The Battle of Kadesh was recorded in texts and illustrations in eight separate versions located in the temples of Karnak, Luxor, the Ramesseum, and Abydos.
	www.eternalegypt.org /EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet?ee_website_action_key=action.display.module&story_id=&language_id=1&module_id=121 (570 words)

	Abydos: A place with many ancient stories to tell
		Also among their findings were walls and related buildings near another pyramid, engraved bricks with the names of people responsible for the construction of the buildings, fragments of decorated limestone temple reliefs, parts of statues, and small inscribed stone slabs used as part of worship that are known as votive stelae.
		The site has yielded the earliest known paintings of horses and chariots used in battle as well as the earliest known representation of a practice that later became common in battle documentation: paintings of collections of the severed hands of enemies.
		At the turn of the century, British archaeologists explored southern Abydos and then abandoned it after discovering a pyramid built for Ahmose, some carved reliefs and a stela from the Amarna period, which came about 200 years after the pyramid construction.
	chronicle.uchicago.edu /031211/abydos.shtml (1166 words)

	The Internet Classics Archive \| The History of Herodotus by Herodotus
		Now when tidings of the battle that had been fought at Marathon reached the ears of King Darius, the son of Hystaspes, his anger against the Athenians, which had been already roused by their attack upon Sardis, waxed still fiercer, and he became more than ever eager to lead an army against Greece.
		We know the manner of their battle- we know how weak their power is; already have we subdued their children who dwell in our country, the Ionians, Aeolians, and Dorians.
		Now surely, as they are all of one speech, they ought to interchange heralds and messengers, and make up their differences by any means rather than battle; or, at the worst, if they must needs fight one against another, they ought to post themselves as strongly as possible, and so try their quarrels.
	classics.mit.edu /Herodotus/history.7.vii.html (11490 words)

	Alan Fildes, Articles, Alexander the Great, Battle of the Elephants at Hydaspes
		His sole intention was to prevent the Macedonian army gaining a foothold, and Alexander had learned from recent actions that his cavalry horses were certain to panic as soon as they sensed the elephants.
		By forcing the Indians to remain on constant battle alert in the torrential rain until dawn, their morale was quickly reduced by Alexander's psychological tactics.
		Realising that the battle ahead would depend on the way his infantry could cope with the fearsome war elephants, Alexander planned to restrict the creatures' space as much as possible, forcing back the Indian cavalry to cause the maximum indecision and confusion.
	www.alanfildes.com /battleelephants.php (1043 words)

	Alcibiades
		He was, however, impressed by the moral strength and the keen mind of the philosopher Socrates, who, in turn, was strongly attracted by Alcibiades' beauty and intellectual promise.
		This alliance was defeated by Sparta at the Battle of Mantineia (418).
		In this he failed and, discarded by the oligarchs who had seized power, he was recalled by the Athenian fleet, which remained loyal to the democracy and needed his abilities.
	instruct.westvalley.edu /lafave/Alcibiades.html (893 words)

	Livy's History of Rome
		For such a madness fell on the people that they believed that all who had met their death in battle had been suddenly betrayed, and they accused one another of perjury, especially the priests, for they were surrendering to the enemy those whom they had devoted to death.
		Even the king himself felt apprehensive, though he had not yet met the Romans in a pitched battle, and in order to augment his forces he recalled his son and the troops who were stationed in the Pelagonian pass, thus leaving the road open to Pleuratus and the Dardanians for the invasion of Macedonia.
		Two hundred Macedonians perished in that battle, about a hundred prisoners were taken and eighty well-equipped horses were secured together with the spoils of their fallen riders.
	mcadams.posc.mu.edu /txt/ah/Livy/Livy31.html (17495 words)

	Plutarch, Alcibiades
		But the people took arms again, and gained the advantage, and Alcibiades came in to their aid and completed the victory, and persuaded them to build long walls, and by that means to join their city to the sea, and so to bring it wholly within reach of the Athenian power.
		(5) After the battle, not one of the Byzantines was slain, or driven out of the city, according to the terms upon which the city was put into his hands, that they should receive no prejudice in life or property.
		From whence they were used to go out to sea every morning, and offer battle to Lysander, who lay near Lampsacus; and when they had done so, returning back again, lay, all the rest of the day, carelessly and without order, in contempt of the enemy.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~vandersp/Courses/texts/plutarch/plutalci.html (10634 words)

	The Baldwin Project: Cleopatra by Jacob Abbott (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The dangers which began now to threaten him from the direction of Italy and Rome were so imminent, that, at Brutus's urgent request, he gave up the Egyptian plan, and the two generals concentrated their forces to meet the armies of the triumvirate which were now rapidly advancing to attack them.
		Rather than concur in a counsel which was thus, on the part of one of its advocates at least, dictated by what he considered an inglorious love of life, [210] he preferred to retract his opinion.
		Thus ended the great and famous battle of Philippi, celebrated in history as marking the termination of the great conflict between the friends and the enemies of Cæsar, which agitated the world so deeply after the conqueror's death.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=abbott&book=cleopatra&story=philippi (4916 words)

	Hellenica - BOOK I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Thereupon the Peloponnesians fled towards Abydos, where, however, Pharnabazus brought them timely assistance.[4] Mounted on horseback, he pushed forward into the sea as far as his horse would let him, doing battle himself, and encouraging his troopers and the infantry alike to play their parts.
		Then the Peloponnesians, ranging their ships in close- packed order, and drawing up their battle line in proximity to the land, kept up the fight.
		Hither also Alcibiades repaired from Clazomenae, having with him five triremes and a light skiff; but on learning that the Peloponnesian fleet had left Abydos and was in full sail for Cyzicus, he set off himself by land to Sestos, giving orders to the fleet to sail round and join him there.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/lit/historical/Hellenica/chap2.html (2339 words)

	Egypt: Dr. Stephen P. Harvey, Egyptologist
		He's not yet a legend of Egyptology, but he has a good start with his current work at Abydos and the monuments of Ahmose I.
		To his credit, besides his work at Abydos, Dr. Harvey was one of the major expert sources interviewed by the Public Broadcasting Service for a series about Egypt.
		Finally, he is also the editor of a book on Memphis, and the gods of that ancient city named "Gods of Ancient Memphis", a short but enlightening look at the religion of this earliest Egyptian capital.
	touregypt.net /featurestories/harvey.htm (645 words)

	UTFP Historical Record
		They are transported to the far-off planet Abydos, where a battle is being waged between tyrannical aliens and an enslaved civilization identical to Earth's ancient Egypt.
		He is called back to duty by General Hammond when a group of aliens emerge from the Stargate, kill the soldiers guarding it and kidnap a female guard.
		Daniels takes Captain Jonathan Archer to witness the Battle of Procyon V where the forces of the Federation defeat the invasion of the Sphere Builders and force them back into their own transdimensional realm.
	www.utfp.org /HQ/Library/history.htm (7003 words)

	History of Egypt, by Maspero, Volume 2, Part C.
		The issue of a battle depended upon a succession of single combats between foes armed with the same weapons; the lancers alone seem to have charged in line behind their huge bucklers.
		Some were excavated in the mountain-side, and presented a square façade of dressed stone, surmounted by a pointed roof in the shape of a pyramid.
		The statues of the double were rude and clumsy, the coffins heavy and massive, and the figures with which they were decorated inelegant and out of proportion, while the stelæ are very rudely cut.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/17322/17322-h/v2c.htm (15507 words)

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