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English[en]
Thucydides distinctly alludes to it as not existing in his time as a city, but repeatedly mentions the locality, on the sea-coast, which was at that time occupied by the Syracusans, but which the Athenian general Lamachus, during the expedition against Syracuse (415–413 BC), proposed to make the headquarters of their fleet; but his advice was not taken, and in the next spring the Syracusans fortified it.
Swedish[sv]
Thukydides hävdar bestämt, att den på hans tid inte existerade som stad, men omnämner vid ett flertal tillfällen platsen, vid havskusten, som vid den tiden var ockuperad av Syrakusaborna, men som den atenske generalen Lamachos, under expeditionen mot Syrakusa (415-413 f.Kr.), föreslog som högkvarter för flottan; hans råd lyddes dock inte och nästa vår befäste Syrakusaborna den (Thuk. vi.