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The streets were some of them (ἄλλαι) parallel to the river, others were cross-roads (ἐπικάρσιαι, cf. iv. 101. 3) leading to it; the latter were merely ‘alleys’ or ‘wynds’ (λαῦραι). Streets which ran parallel to the river could hardly be ‘straight’, but H. exaggerates this feature, from their contrast to the winding streets of a Greek town.

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