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The Peloponnesian War

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Day 347 Book 6, Chapter 18

These were the words of Alcibiades. After listening to him, along with the Egestaeans and certain Leontine exiles who stepped forward to remind the assembly of their sworn obligations and plead for military support, the Athenians grew even more enthu...

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