Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, BOOK V, chapter 101

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101. Ath. 'Not so, if you calmly reflect: for you are not fighting against equals to whom you¹ cannot yield without disgrace, but you are taking counsel whether or no you shall resist an overwhelming force. The question is not one of honour but of prudence.'

1 There is no cowardice in yielding to superior force.

Thucydides translated into English; with introduction, marginal analysis, notes, and indices. Volume 1. Thucydides. Benjamin Jowett. translator. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1881.

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Commentary references to this page (3):
- T. G. Tucker, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 8, 8.89
- Charles D. Morris, Commentary on Thucydides Book 1, 1.77
- Charles D. Morris, Commentary on Thucydides Book 1, Introduction
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- Raphael Kühner, Friedrich Blass, Ausführliche Grammatik der Griechischen Sprache, B. Konsonanten.
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- LSJ, ὀφλισκάνω