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After this at a council of the commanders, Ephialtes advised them not to wait till the city was taken and they found themselves captives; he proposed that the leaders of the mercenaries should go out themselves in the front rank and lead an attack on the enemy.1

1 Arrian mentions two sallies of the besieged, one or the other of which may be identified with this (Arrian. 1.21.5-6; 22.1-3).

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