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36.
And if any of you believe that what we urge is expedient, but fear to act
upon this belief, lest it should lead to a breach of the treaty, you must
remember that on the one hand, whatever your fears, your strength will be
formidable to your antagonists; on the other, whatever the confidence you derive from refusing to receive
us, your weakness will have no terrors for a strong enemy.
You must also remember that your decision is for Athens no less than for
Corcyra, and that you are not making the best provision for her interests,
if at a time when you are anxiously scanning the horizon that you may be in
readiness for the breaking out of the war which is all but upon you, you
hesitate to attach to your side a place whose adhesion or estrangement is
alike pregnant with the most vital consequences.
[2]
For it lies conveniently for the coast-navigation in the direction of Italy
and Sicily, being able to bar the passage of naval reinforcements from
thence to Peloponnese, and from Peloponnese thither; and it is in other respects a most desirable station.
[3]
To sum up as shortly as possible, embracing both general and particular
considerations, let this show you the folly of sacrificing us.
Remember that there are but three considerable naval powers in Hellas,
Athens, Corcyra, and Corinth,
and that if you allow two of these three to
become one, and Corinth to secure us for herself, you will have to hold the
sea against the united fleets of Corcyra and Peloponnese.
But if you receive us, you will have our ships to reinforce you in the
struggle.
[4]
Such were the words of the Corcyraeans.
After they had finished, the Corinthians spoke as follows:—
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