AI: Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plutarch Compared: Ancient Greek Historians (Part II, Thucydides: “The History of the Peloponnesian War”)
“Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, beginning at the moment that it broke out, and believing that it would be a great war, and more worthy of relation than any that had preceded it.”- Thucydides
“Our constitution is called a democracy, because it is in the hands not of the few but of the many. Yet our administration, while securing equal justice to all alike in their private disputes, does not ignore the claim of excellence. When a citizen distinguishes himself, then he will be called to serve the state, in preference to his fellows, not as a matter of privilege, but as a reward of merit; and poverty, so far from being a cause of hindrance, is rather a stimulus to exertion.” – Pericles’ Funeral Oration
“Consider, Athenians, my past service and the piety with which I have served the divine. Though fortune now turns against me, my life has been one of devotion to the state. Pity this army, now facing utter ruin, and remember that those who act unjustly, even if they prosper for a time, will ultimately face the wrath of the gods.” – Nicias (The Siege of Syracuse)