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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 546 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PHYLE , a

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MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain fortress, on a pass leading from

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BOEOTIA

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Thebes, and commanding a

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FINE

fine view of the

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ATTIC (i.e. "in the Attic style ")

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PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain . It is situated on the

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west end of Mt Parnes . It is chiefly famous for its occupation by

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THRASYBULUS

Thrasybulus at the

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head of the Athenian exiles during the

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RULE

rule of the

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THIRTY

Thirty Tyrants in 404 B.C . After defending himself from attack, with the help of a snowstorm, he succeeded by a venturesome

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NIGHT

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march in seizing Munychia .

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Close to Phyle is the cliff called Harma, over which the Pythian lightnings were watched for from Athens .

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