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Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #16/81
Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #16/81
So they waited till the wind was in the right direction, and then brought vast quantities of faggots, and threw them into the space between the mound and the wall; and this being soon filled up, they piled
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Philosopher Pindar: The Complete Odes #15/71
Philosopher Pindar: The Complete Odes #15/71
Zeus, Accomplisher, grant that such a destiny may always hold goodfor Aetna’s citizens and kings beside the waters of Amenas,*a true record on the lips of men.For if you help him, a ruler who advises his
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Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #13/81
Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #13/81
Persuasion, we are told, sat enthroned on his lips; like a strong athlete, he overtook and outran all other orators; his words struck home like the lightning, while he held his audience enchained, as by
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Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #12/81
Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #12/81
Envoys were sent with overtures of peace to Sparta, and when these returned with no favourable answer, the storm of popular fury grew more violent than ever. Pericles, who knew the temper of his people,
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Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #10/81
Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #10/81
Great was the rage of the Acharnians, a hardy race of farmers and charcoal-burners, when they saw the smoke rising from their ruined homesteads; and their feelings were shared by the general body of the
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Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #9/81
Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #9/81
When the herald arrived, he found the men already slain, and the Athenians then proceeded to place the town in a state of defence, removing the women and children and all those who were unfit for military
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Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #7/81
Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #7/81
The furious zeal of Corinth had united her enemies against her, and they were bent on her ruin. The demands put forward by Sparta were a mere pretext, and if the Athenians had yielded the smallest point,
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Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #6/81
Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #6/81
Every member of the league must join heartily in the struggle, whether he belonged to an inland or to a maritime city; for if the seaports were closed by the Athenian fleets, the inland towns would be
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Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #5/81
Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #5/81
This, said Archidamus, was a great error; and the event proved that he was right. The Athenians, with their great colonial empire, and complete command of the sea, were quite independent of the products
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Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #4/81
Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #4/81
New times require new manners, and if you would maintain your great position you must move with the march of events, and abandon your old-fashioned ways. Do not mistake stagnation for stability, but learn
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Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #3/81
Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #3/81
The Spartans were sluggish and procrastinating by nature, and required some powerful impulse to induce them to act with vigour; and this impulse was now supplied by Corinth. By accepting, therefore, the
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Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #2/81
Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #2/81
The Corinthians, however, were not at all disposed to acquiesce in their defeat, and during the whole of the following year they were busy organising a fresh expedition on a vast scale, being resolved
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TODAY IN GREEK HISTORY - JULY 4
TODAY IN GREEK HISTORY - JULY 4
362 BC: Epaminondas of Thebes defeated the Spartans and the Athenians in Mantineia. However, he is fatally injured during the battle. 1921: Following a tough two-day battle, the Greek Army’s X Division

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