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Thucydides · 5
Canon spine row 12. Thucydides — History of the Peloponnesian War. Era: 5th C BCE. Lang: Ancient Greek.
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Power, not justice, governs cities; those who ignore this perish, while clear-eyed calculation alone survives catastrophe.
ambition-and-status
peace stays longest with those who show their determination not to submit to injustice — your habits are old-fashioned compared to theirs
CAHPW-RC-042as the acquisition of wealth became more an object, tyrannies were established almost everywhere, and Hellas began to fit out fleets
CAHPW-RC-009obedience-and-authority
in all the cities the people is your friend; if you butcher the people of Mitylene you will commit the crime of killing your benefactors
CAHPW-RC-180I am not come to help this party or that; freedom in no real sense if I enslave the many to the few or the few to the many
CAHPW-RC-267trauma-and-survival
another galley was at once sent off in haste, for fear the first might reach Lesbos and the city be found destroyed
CAHPW-RC-181fortunate indeed are they who draw for their lot a death so glorious as that which has caused your mourning
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