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61.
For those of course who have a free choice in
the matter and whose fortunes are not at stake, war is the greatest of
follies.
But if the only choice was between submission with loss of independence,
and danger with the hope of preserving that independence,—in such
a case it is he who will not accept the risk that deserves blame, not he who
will.
[2]
I am the same man and do not alter, it is you who change, since in fact you
took my advice while unhurt, and waited for misfortune to repent of it; and the apparent error of my policy lies in the infirmity of your
resolution, since the suffering that it entails is being felt by every one
among you, while its advantage is still remote and obscure to all, and a
great and sudden reverse having befallen you, your mind is too much
depressed to persevere in your resolves.
[3]
For before what is sudden, unexpected, and least within calculation the
spirit quails; and putting all else aside, the plague has certainly been an emergency of
this kind.
[4]
Born, however, as you are, citizens of a great state, and brought up, as
you have been, with habits equal to your birth, you should be ready to face
the greatest disasters and still to keep unimpaired the lustre of your name.
For the judgment of mankind is as relentless to the weakness that falls
short of a recognized renown, as it is jealous of the arrogance that aspires
higher than its due.
Cease then to grieve for your private afflictions, and address yourselves
instead to the safety of the commonwealth.
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- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Electra, 1030
- E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 2, 2.60
- E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.38
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- Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, ADJECTIVES
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- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 1.3.1
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- Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Thuc. 8.1
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- LSJ, ἄπειμι
- LSJ, ἀξί-ωσις
- LSJ, ἀφα^ν-ίζω
- LSJ, ἀντιλαμβάνω
- LSJ, ἀπαλγ-έω
- LSJ, ἀσθεν-ής
- LSJ, αἵρεσις
- LSJ, αἴσθ-ησις
- LSJ, αἰφνίδιος
- LSJ, δουλ-όω
- LSJ, ἐξίστημι
- LSJ, ἐγκαρτερέω
- LSJ, ἐλλείπ-ω
- LSJ, φρόν-ημα
- LSJ, ἦθος
- LSJ, ἴδιος
- LSJ, μεμπ-τός
- LSJ, μεταμέλ-ει
- LSJ, παράλογ-ος
- LSJ, πρός
- LSJ, θρα^σύτης
- LSJ, τα^πεινός
- LSJ, ὑφίστημι
- LSJ, ὑπα^κού-ω
- LSJ, ὥστε
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