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This was the Thessalians' offer. The Phocians alone of all that region would not take the Persians' side, and that for no other reason (if I argue correctly) than their hatred of the Thessalians.
This was the Thessalians' offer. The Phocians alone of all that region would not take the Persians' side, and that for no other reason (if I argue correctly) than their hatred of the Thessalians.
[2] Had the
Thessalians aided the
Greek side, then the
Phocians would certainly have stood for the
Persians. They replied to the offer of the
Thessalians that they would give no money; they could do as the
Thessalians did and take the
Persian part, if for any cause they so wished, but they would not willingly betray the cause of
Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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