CLASSIC 36B Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Peloponnesian War, Sophist, Mithymna
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In 428, mytilene, an autonomous ally of athens, and all of the island of. Revolt appears to have been a protest against the existence of the empire rather than due to any mistreatment by athens: mytilene was accepted into the spartan alliance and athens besieged the city. 1 others who are thinking of revolt and notes that revolt of mytilenian was bad because they were free allied: cleon. It may be right to show pity to those who are like-minded, but not to those who will never have pity on us and who must necessarily be our enemies for ever after. For my part, i did not come forward to speak about. Mytilene with any purpose to contradict or to accuse. Our dispute, if we are sensible, will concern not their injustice to us, but our judgment as to what is the best for us.
