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Gylippus

5th century BCE · 5th century BCE

Gylippus was a Spartan general of the Peloponnesian War. Sent to help Syracuse in 414 BCE, he stopped at Euesperides on the Libyan coast and helped the city against local tribes before reaching Sicily, where he organised the defence and destroyed the Athenian expedition in 413 BCE. He was later exiled for stealing from the war funds he was carrying to Sparta.

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Euesperides

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