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Ὠρωποῦ—at this time O. belonged to Athens. It fell into the hands of Boeotia in 412.

πολυτελὴς—the question of finance was now becoming serious. Want of money finally ruined A in the war.

τῶν τε πάντωνso all that the city needed had to be imported, and thus it ceased to be a city and became a fortress.

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