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Day 338 Book 6, Chapter 18

Himera was established by colonists from Zancle under the leadership of Euclides, Simus, and Sacon. While the majority of the settlers were Chalcidians, they were joined by political exiles from Syracuse known as the Myletidae, who had been defeated ...

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