The Athenian Empire
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, , r 111- rr-i /I the Athe- With the army far exceeded his own. 7 he fleet man army therefore sailed throu^rh the Messenian strait on the ^ shores of and coasted along the northern shore of the Harbour of island witliout achieving any material success. Syracuse. Jj-^g ^^j. ^^. Fgelings of awe and depression felt by the Syracusans had now given way to something like con- tempt, and the discovery of this fact suggested to Nikias a device for effecting an uncontested landing in the bay of Syracus...e. A Katanaian informed the Syracusans that the men of his city would set fire to the Athenian fleet if on a given day the Syracusans would attack their lines. The bait was eagerly seized. The whole force of the city was dispatched to Katane ; but while they were on their march the Athenian fleet had sailed round the island of Ortygia into the Great Harbour, and had landed its troops on the western shore, near the inlet known as the bay of Daskon. Here a strong position was speedily fortified ; and a battle, fought on the following day with the Syracusan army, which had returned, with unabated confidence, from Katane, ended in a victory of no decisive importance for the Athenians.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
, , r 111- rr-i /I the Athe- With the army far exceeded his own. 7 he fleet man army therefore sailed throu^rh the Messenian strait on the ^ shores of and coasted along the northern shore of the Harbour of island witliout achieving any material success. Syracuse. Jj-^g ^^j. ^^. Fgelings of awe and depression felt by the Syracusans had now given way to something like con- tempt, and the discovery of this fact suggested to Nikias a device for effecting an uncontested landing in the bay of Syracus...e. A Katanaian informed the Syracusans that the men of his city would set fire to the Athenian fleet if on a given day the Syracusans would attack their lines. The bait was eagerly seized. The whole force of the city was dispatched to Katane ; but while they were on their march the Athenian fleet had sailed round the island of Ortygia into the Great Harbour, and had landed its troops on the western shore, near the inlet known as the bay of Daskon. Here a strong position was speedily fortified ; and a battle, fought on the following day with the Syracusan army, which had returned, with unabated confidence, from Katane, ended in a victory of no decisive importance for the Athenians.
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