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Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #13/81

Persuasion, we are told, sat enthroned on his lips; like a strong athlete, he overtook and outran all other orators; his words struck home like the lightning, while

Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #12/81

Envoys were sent with overtures of peace to Sparta, and when these returned with no favourable answer, the storm of popular fury grew more violent than ever. Pericles,

Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #10/81

Great was the rage of the Acharnians, a hardy race of farmers and charcoal-burners, when they saw the smoke rising from their ruined homesteads; and their feelings

Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #9/81

When the herald arrived, he found the men already slain, and the Athenians then proceeded to place the town in a state of defence, removing the women and children

Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #6/81

Every member of the league must join heartily in the struggle, whether he belonged to an inland or to a maritime city; for if the seaports were closed by the Athenian

Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #4/81

New times require new manners, and if you would maintain your great position you must move with the march of events, and abandon your old-fashioned ways. Do not

Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #3/81

The Spartans were sluggish and procrastinating by nature, and required some powerful impulse to induce them to act with vigour; and this impulse was now supplied

Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides #2/81

The Corinthians, however, were not at all disposed to acquiesce in their defeat, and during the whole of the following year they were busy organising a fresh expedition

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인내와 믿음의 리더십 : 페리클레스 (7)

☐ 이기는 리더, 승리하는 리더십- 인내와 믿음의 리더십 : 페리클레스 (7) 자국민들에게는 지킬 박사처럼 온화했지만다른 나라에 대해선 하이드 씨처럼 난폭한 두 얼굴의 사나이였다.페리클레스 정권을 못마땅하게 생각한 사람들은 아테네 바깥에도 많았다. 라케다이몬인들이 대표적이었다. 페리클레스는

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