a position that was precipitous and directly commanded the city

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μὴ τὴν ὄψιν καλλωπίζου, ἀλλ' ἐν τοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασιν ἴσθι καλός → Don't beautify your face, but be beautiful in your habits (Thales, in Diog. Laertius 1.37)

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English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes)

χωρίον ἀπόκρημνον καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως εὐθύς κείμενον

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