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The Rise and Fall of Athens
- Form
- Form Non-fiction
- Year
- Year 100 CE
- Originally in
- Originally in Ancient Greek
- Pages
- Pages 400
The moon goes dark above the harbour at Syracuse, and Nicias, devout and terrified, holds a fleet that could still have sailed while his seers count out thrice nine days. Athens never recovers from that piety.
no Athenian, through my means, ever wore mourning.
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