Wherein also it was evident that though their enemies did the Athenians much harm by land, they suffered much too at their hands by sea, and therefore would not have protracted the war to such a length, but would have speedily given up, just as Pericles prophesied in the beginning, had not a terrible visitation from heaven thwarted human calculations.
Edition :
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 3.
Remark :
victim: The victims are Peloponnesians. long-term consequence: This act of violence causes some consolation for the Athenians, who suffer themselves (Plut. Per. 34.1).
Notes :
In Plut. Per. 34.1 is mentioned from what the Peloponnesians suffer exactly.
