billionare (25)in #plague • 4 days agoStories from Thucydides by Thucydides #11/81It is recorded as a curious fact, showing the strange and outlandish character of the pestilence, that the birds and animals which feed on human flesh generally shunned the…billionare (25)in #pericles • 6 days agoStories from Thucydides by Thucydides #10/81Great 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…billionare (25)in #greeks • 11 days agoStories from Thucydides by Thucydides #9/81When 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…billionare (25)in #thebans • 19 days agoStories from Thucydides by Thucydides #8/81For the party which had betrayed the town was but small, and the general body of the citizens detested the thought of falling once more under the supremacy of Thebes. Their…billionare (25)in #sparta • last monthStories from Thucydides by Thucydides #7/81The 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…billionare (25)in #athenians • last monthStories from Thucydides by Thucydides #6/81Every 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…billionare (25)in #athenians • 2 months agoStories from Thucydides by Thucydides #5/81This, 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…billionare (25)in #athenian • 2 months agoStories from Thucydides by Thucydides #4/81New 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…billionare (25)in #athenian • 2 months agoStories from Thucydides by Thucydides #3/81The 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…billionare (25)in #athenians • 5 months agoStories from Thucydides by Thucydides #2/81The 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…billionare (25)in #epidamnus • 10 months agoStories from Thucydides by Thucydides #1/81STORIES 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…