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plataea
Wednesday, April 1, 2026 6:06 AM
Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #15/81
On hearing their decision, the Spartan king made a last solemn appeal to the powers who presided over the territory of Plataea, a hallowed precinct, now about to be given up to plunder and ravage: "Ye
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plataeans
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 9:30 PM
Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #14/81
And we need not blame the great statesmen too harshly for not foreseeing the wild excesses of folly and extravagance which we shall have to record in the following pages. INVESTMENT OF PLATAEA In the third
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athenian
Monday, March 23, 2026 6:32 PM
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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sparta
Friday, March 13, 2026 8:13 PM
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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plague
Saturday, March 7, 2026 2:57 PM
Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #11/81
It 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 bodies of those who died of
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pericles
Thursday, March 5, 2026 3:55 PM
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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greeks
Saturday, February 28, 2026 3:44 AM
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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thebans
Friday, February 20, 2026 3:50 AM
Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #8/81
For 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 measures were taken with great
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sparta
Saturday, January 31, 2026 9:28 AM
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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athenians
Sunday, January 25, 2026 1:25 PM
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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athenians
Wednesday, January 14, 2026 9:39 AM
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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athenian
Friday, January 2, 2026 8:44 AM
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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athenian
Monday, December 29, 2025 10:20 AM
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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athenians
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 1:04 PM
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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epidamnus
Thursday, May 15, 2025 1:30 PM
Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #1/81
text-indent: 0%; font-size: 100%; text-align: center } p.t3b { text-indent: 0%; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center } STORIES FROM THUCYDIDES CORINTH AND CORCYRA I It was in a remote
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