" Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones"
- Pericles (495-429 bce.)
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This quote was written by Pericles, an influential statesman, orator and general of Athens during the city's Golden Age. This quote to me is a symbol of the times, by this point Athens was out of any major conflict and was moving its way into becoming a super power. Society wasnt as tightly knit as it was during the war with Persia, so this quote explains that people with power have no problems in getting rid of smaller players to keep them in the game, so to speak. I thought it was intresting that people have quotes like this so soon after major battles where the nation as a whole had to work together.
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