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On Agatharchides F. Gr. Hist. 86 F 8

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John Buckler
John Buckler
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This incident has never found its place either in the history of the Theban hegemony or in the life of Epameinondas, and even Jacoby's commentary on the the fragment sheds virtually no light on the matter.

The first problem is to determine the location of Sidai, and the only clues tothat are the fact that the pomegranate grew there in abundance and that the place was on the Boiotian-Attic border. Although the early travellers are generally silent on this subject, C. Bursian suggested that Sidai was located in the fertile Skourta plain or else in the Oropia, and in this he was followed by Zwicker in RE.

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The Classical Quarterly , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , December 1977, pp. 333 - 334
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Copyright © The Classical Association 1977

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