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Cirrha appears to have made a strenuous resistance until its supplies from the sea were intercepted by the naval force of the Sicyonian Clisthenes.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by Rudd, John

Winter comes: the Sicyonian berry is pounded in the oil presses; and the autumn lays down its various productions....

From Roman Women by Brittain, Alfred

Soterides, a Sicyonian, cried out, "We are not upon an equality, Xenophon; for you are carried on a horse, while I have hard work to carry my shield."

From The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis by Watson, John Selby

Before all, however, ranks the great Apelles, who united the advantages of his native Ionia—grace, sensual charms, and rich coloring—with the scientific accuracy of the Sicyonian school.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

Just below this we have a mention of a treasure-house, dedicated by the Sicyonian tyrant Myron in the 33rd Ol.

From Problems in Greek history by Mahaffy, John Pentland