Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Syria” in book 1, chapter 105, section 2 of Herodotus, The Histories:

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So they turned back, and when they came on their way to the city of Ascalon in Syria , most of the Scythians passed by and did no harm, but a few remained behind and plundered the temple of Heavenly Aphrodite.
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Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
Syria (Syria) 542 48 0 0 0 user votes
Syria (Indiana, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Syria (Virginia, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes

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