Sicilia : Fenicio, Greco, Romano . MOTYA. C. 4CX). Il continente da una mole. Ma Motya, a differenza di Ortigia, era circondata da un proprio paradiso, e la città non si diffuse sulla terraferma. C'era ma litlespace sull'isola; così le case dei ricchi uomini di INIotya erano di molti piani, che si innalzavano in alto sopra il muro. I cittadini erano timorosi, e c'era una guarnigione cartaginese wasa, tra cui, strano dire, c'erano alcuni greci mercenari. Hanno brokedown la mole, e reso pronto per la difesa. La mole che fu così distrutta fu semplicemente una strada.Dionisios iniziò l'assedio facendolo a nuovo

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Sicily : Phoenician, Greek, And Roman . MOTYA. C. 4CX). the mainland by a mole. But Motya, unlike Ortygia, was surrounded by its own haven, and the town hadnot spread on to the mainland. There was but littlespace on the island ; so the houses of the rich men ofINIotya were of many stories, rising high above thewall. The citizens were stout-hearted, and there wasa Carthaginian garrison, among whom, strange tosay, there were some mercenary Greeks. They brokedown the mole, and made ready for the defence. The mole that was thus destroyed was merely a road.Dionysios began the siege by making it afresh andmaking it much wader, so that he could bring up hisengines on it to play on the walls of Motya. Hebrought. MAP OF MOTYA AND ERVX. I/O THE TYRANNY OF DIONYSIOS. his ships into the harbour. There was then a longpeninsula to the north-west of Motya, where therenow are a number of islands ; the ships were placednorth of Motya by the isthmus. Meanwhile Dionysioswent and made alliances with the neighbouringSikans, and laid siege to Entella and Segcsta whichheld out for the Carthaginians. The two Elymiantowns, Eryx and Segesta, were thus on differentsides. When the mole was finished, he went backto Motya. Meanwhile Himilkon tried to call offDionysios from Motya by sending ten ships to makea dash on the Great Harbour of Syracuse. So theydid, and destroyed such ships as they found in it ; butnothing more came of the diversion. Then Himilkonmade another sudden dash on the Greek ships in thehaven of Motya. They were drawn up on land : butthe engineers of Dionysios contrived to drag themacross the isthmus. Then they were in the open sea, and sailed round to the north of the haven. ButHimilkon did not c

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• bookdecade1890
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