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66.
‘Syracusans and allies, the
glorious character of our past achievements and the no less glorious results
at issue in the coming battle are, we think, understood by most of you, or
you would never have thrown yourselves with such ardor into the struggle; and if there be any one not as fully aware of the facts as he ought to be,
we will declare them to him.
[2]
The Athenians came to this country first to effect the conquest of Sicily,
and after that, if successful, of Peloponnese and the rest of Hellas,
possessing already the greatest empire yet known, of present or former
times, among the Hellenes.
Here for the first time they found in you men who faced their navy which
made them masters everywhere; you have already defeated them in the previous sea-fight, and will in all
likelihood defeat them again now.
[3]
When men are once checked in what they consider their special excellence,
their whole opinion of themselves suffers more than if they had not at first
believed in their superiority, the unexpected shock to their pride causing
them to give way more than their real strength warrants; and this is probably now the case with the Athenians.
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 7, 7.1
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