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ἐν δὲ τούτῳ τῶν Κερκυραίων οἱ ἔχοντες τὰ πράγματα ἐλθούσης τριήρους Κορινθίας καὶ Λακεδαιμονίων πρέσβεων ἐπιτίθενται τῷ δήμῳ, καὶ μαχόμενοι ἐνίκησαν.
Meanwhile, when a Corinthian trireme and ambassadors from Lacedaemonia arrived, the dominant Corcyrean party attacked the people and defeated them in battle.
Thucydides Histories 3.72.2

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