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55.
The Syracusans had now gained a decisive
victory at sea, where until now they had feared the reinforcement brought by
Demosthenes, and deep, in consequence, was the despondency of the Athenians,
and great their disappointment, and greater still their regret for having
come on the expedition.
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These were the only cities that they had yet encountered, similar to their
own in character, under democracies like themselves, which had ships and
horses, and were of considerable magnitude.
They had been unable to divide and bring them over by holding out the
prospect of changes in their governments, or to crush them by their great
superiority in force, but had failed in most of their attempts, and being
already in perplexity, had now been defeated at sea, where defeat could
never have been expected, and were thus plunged deeper in embarrassment than
ever.
Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War. London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton. 1910.
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- E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 6, 6.20
- T. G. Tucker, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 8, 8.96
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- Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Thuc. 8.96
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