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The great fleet sails for Sicily

415 BCE, Piraeus. An event.

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415 BCEPiraeus

2,440 years ago

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, Piraeus

Around midsummer the Athenians go down to Piraeus at dawn and man their ships for the expedition against Sicily.

After this the departure for Sicily took place, it being now about midsummer.

Thucydides 6.30.1Translated by Richard Crawley (1874)Read the full passage (Thucydides 6.30.1, opens scaife.perseus.org)

Background: Sicilian Expedition, Wikipedia (opens en.wikipedia.org)

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