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billionare (27)in #sparta • 18 days ago
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…
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billionare (27)in #athenians • 24 days ago
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…
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billionare (27)in #athenians • last month
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…
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billionare (27)in #athenian • 2 months ago
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…
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billionare (27)in #athenian • 2 months ago
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…
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billionare (27)in #athenians • 4 months ago
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…
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billionare (27)in #epidamnus • 9 months ago
Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #1/81
STORIES FROM THUCYDIDES CORINTH AND CORCYRA I It was in a remote corner of the Greek world that the trouble began which was destined to breed such mischief and havoc for the…
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