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ἔπειτα μηχανημάτων
αὐτῷ πρὸς πολιορκίαν ἀναγκαίων τριακοσίαις
ἁμάξαις παραπεμπομένων, ἐν οἷς καὶ κριὸς ἦν
ὀγδοήκοντα ποδῶν μῆκος, ὧν οὐδὲν ἐνεχώρει
διαφθαρὲν ἐπὶ καιροῦ πάλιν γενέσθαι διὰ τὸ τὴν
ἄνω χώραν πᾶν ξύλον ἀγεννὲς εἰς μῆκος καὶ
μαλθακὸν ἐκφέρειν, ἐπειγόμενος ὡς ἐμπόδια τοῦ
ταχύνειν ἀπέλιπε, φυλακήν τινα καὶ Στατιανὸν
ἡγεμόνα τῶν ἁμαξῶν ἐπιστήσας, αὐτὸς δὲ
Φραάτα μεγάλην πόλιν, ἐν ᾗ καὶ τέκνα καὶ
γυναῖκες ἦσαν τοῦ τῆς Μηδίας βασιλέως, ἐπολιόρκει.
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