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τριήρης . . . ἁλίσκεται—an event of importance, as this was the first Syracusan success at sea. The Syr. were beginning to think of regaining control of the Great Harbour which they had lost since the A. flcet sailed thither from Thapsus.

ἐφορμοῦσα—sent out from the A. fleet to the mouth of the Harbour.

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