Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 5 | 496 | Meanwhile, of course, the invaders tightened their controls and, for months, either randomly, as it pleased them, or systematically, in accord with the directives of the polemarkos, began to loot Ar of its wealth, its silver and gold, its jewelries and gems, its medical elixirs, its ointments and scents, its pagas and wines, its manufactures, its beasts, its slaves, and, in many cases, its free women, some put in paga taverns and brothels, others stripped and coffled, to be led to foreign markets, and some even, after transport from Brundisium, to Cos and Tyros themselves. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 5 | 493 | They must atone now for the erstwhile glory of Ar, regret her former might, influence, and power. |
| 5 | 494 | Now they must acknowledge her misdeeds, and celebrate her redemption by her friends and allies, the benign forces of Cos, Tyros, and their allies. |
| 5 | 495 | And many sang, and congratulated themselves on their newly found virtue, while dismantling their walls to the scornful music of flute girls. |
| 5 | 496 | Meanwhile, of course, the invaders tightened their controls and, for months, either randomly, as it pleased them, or systematically, in accord with the directives of the polemarkos, began to loot Ar of its wealth, its silver and gold, its jewelries and gems, its medical elixirs, its ointments and scents, its pagas and wines, its manufactures, its beasts, its slaves, and, in many cases, its free women, some put in paga taverns and brothels, others stripped and coffled, to be led to foreign markets, and some even, after transport from Brundisium, to Cos and Tyros themselves. |
| 5 | 497 | To be sure, all had not gone as smoothly as it might have for the invaders because, eventually, sporadic acts of resistance occurred. |
| 5 | 498 | These were generally attributed to the work of a small group of resistance fighters, which became known as the Delta Brigade. |
| 5 | 499 | Because of the vast, triangular spreading of the Vosk river, into dozens of smaller rivers, often mutually interfluent, flowing into the Tamber Gulf, which leads to Thassa herself, the sea, that area is known in Gorean as the Delka, or, better, the Delka of the Vosk. |
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They must atone now for the erstwhile glory of Ar, regret her former might, influence, and power.
Now they must acknowledge her misdeeds, and celebrate her redemption by her friends and allies, the benign forces of Cos, Tyros, and their allies.
And many sang, and congratulated themselves on their newly found virtue, while dismantling their walls to the scornful music of flute girls.
Meanwhile, of course, the invaders tightened their controls and, for months, either randomly, as it pleased them, or systematically, in accord with the directives of the polemarkos, began to loot Ar of its wealth, its silver and gold, its jewelries and gems, its medical elixirs, its ointments and scents, its pagas and wines, its manufactures, its beasts, its slaves, and, in many cases, its free women, some put in paga taverns and brothels, others stripped and coffled, to be led to foreign markets, and some even, after transport from Brundisium, to Cos and Tyros themselves.
To be sure, all had not gone as smoothly as it might have for the invaders because, eventually, sporadic acts of resistance occurred.
These were generally attributed to the work of a small group of resistance fighters, which became known as the Delta Brigade.
Because of the vast, triangular spreading of the Vosk river, into dozens of smaller rivers, often mutually interfluent, flowing into the Tamber Gulf, which leads to Thassa herself, the sea, that area is known in Gorean as the Delka, or, better, the Delka of the Vosk.
- (Swordsmen of Gor, Chapter 5)