Thucydides Quote

The wide difference between the two characters, the slowness and want of energy of the Spartans as contrasted with the dash and enterprise of their opponents, proved of the greatest service, especially to a maritime empire like Athens. Indeed this was shown by the Syracusans, who were most like the Athenians in character, and also most successful in combating them.


Book VIII, 8.96- - History of the Peloponnesian War


The wide difference between the two characters, the slowness and want of energy of the Spartans as contrasted with the dash and enterprise of their...

The wide difference between the two characters, the slowness and want of energy of the Spartans as contrasted with the dash and enterprise of their...

The wide difference between the two characters, the slowness and want of energy of the Spartans as contrasted with the dash and enterprise of their...

The wide difference between the two characters, the slowness and want of energy of the Spartans as contrasted with the dash and enterprise of their...