A source-book of ancient history - The Search For Mecca

Studies 217
crush your enemies, and now take your revenge. Do not
be soft-hearted at the sight of their distress, but remember
the danger which was once hanging over your heads.
Chastise them as they deserve, and prove by an example
to your other aUies that rebelUon will be punished with
death. If this is made quite clear to them, your attention
will no longer be diverted from your enemies by wars
against your own allies."
STUDIES
1. To what king did Athens and Sparta send embassies? What
alliances did the Lacedaemonians and the Athenians respectively /
make, and what advantage did they expect therefrom? To what
What was the religious
causes was due the high spirit of both sides?
feeling? Do people of to-day have similar feelings on such occasions?
2. What was the relation of Athens toward her alHes, according to
Cleon? How much truth is there in his view? Who did he think
were the best citizens? What was the object of Cleon's speech? Why
does he wish the commons of Mytilene punished? What policy was
he trying to persuade Athens to adopt? What impression of his
character does this speech make?