Cf. Homer, Iliad, ix. 381 et seq

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* Egyptian Thebes, where the treasure-houses are stored fullest — Thebes of the hundred gâtes, whence sally forth 200 warriors through each, with horses and chariots' (Lang, Leaf and Myers).