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Piræus

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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The port of Athens 5 m. SW. of the city, planned by Themistocles, built in the time of Pericles, and afterwards connected with the city for safety by strong walls, which was destroyed by the Spartans at the end of the Peloponnesian War, but restored, to fall afterwards into neglect and ruins.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Piræus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/piraus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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