History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides

Thucydides. The history of the Peloponnesian War, Volume 1-2. Dale, Henry, translator. London: Heinemann and Henry G. Bohn, 1851-1852.

Mel.

And how then could it prove advantageous for us to serve, as it is for you to govern?

Ath.

Because you would have the benefit of submitting before you suffered the last extremities; while we should be gainers by not destroying you.