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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 917 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AULIS , an See also:

ancient Boeotian See also:town on the Euripus, situated on a rocky See also:peninsula between two bays, near the See also:modern See also:village of Vathy, about 3 M. S. of See also:Chalcis. Its fame was due to the tradition that it was the starting-See also:place of the See also:Greek See also:fleet before the Trojan See also:War, the See also:scene of the See also:sacrifice of Iphigenia. The See also:temple of See also:Artemis was still to be seen in the See also:time of See also:Pausanias.

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