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8.
And if both sides nourished the boldest hopes
and put forth their utmost strength for the war, this was only natural.
Zeal is always at its height at the commencement of an undertaking; and on this particular occasion Peloponnese and Athens were both full of
young men whose inexperience made them eager to take up arms, while the rest
of Hellas stood straining with excitement at the conflict of its leading
cities.
[2]
Everywhere predictions were being recited and oracles being chanted by such
persons as collect them, and this not only in the contending cities.
[3]
Further, some while before this, there was an earthquake at Delos, for the
first time in the memory of the Hellenes.
This was said and thought to be ominous of the events impending; indeed, nothing of the kind that happened was allowed to pass without
remark.
[4]
The good wishes of men made greatly for the Lacedaemonians, especially as
they proclaimed themselves the liberators of Hellas.
No private or public effort that could help them in speech or action was
omitted; each thinking that the cause suffered wherever he could not himself see to
it.
[5]
So general was the indignation felt against Athens, whether by those who
wished to escape from her empire, or were apprehensive of being absorbed by
it.
Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War. London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton. 1910.
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