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ἐπολέμησε δὲ Ῥοδίοις Πτολεμαίου συμμάχοις
οὖσι, καὶ τὴν μεγίστην ἑλέπολιν τοῖς τείχεσι
προσήγαγεν, ἧς ἕδρα μὲν ἦν τετράγωνος,
ἑκάστην ἔχουσα τοῦ κάτω πλαισίου πλευρὰν
ὀκτὼ καὶ τεσσαράκοντα πηχῶν, ἓξ δὲ καὶ ἑξήκοντα
πηχῶν ὕψος εἶχεν, εἰς κορυφὴν συννεύουσα
ταῖς ἄνω πλευραῖς στενωτέραν τῆς βάσεως.
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