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Besides this slaughter of the Thessalian foot when it was blockading
them, the Phocians had dealt a blow to their horse upon its invading
their territory, from which they had never recovered. There is a pass
near the city of Hyampolis, where the Phocians, having dug a broad
trench, filled up the void with empty wine-jars, after which they
covered the place with mould, so that the ground all looked alike, and
then awaited the coming of the Thessalians. These, thinking to
destroy the Phocians at one sweep, rushed rapidly forward, and became
entangled in the wine-jars, which broke the legs of their horses.
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