That which is farthest off, and the reputation of which can least be tested, is the object of admiration. At the least reverse they would at once begin to look down upon us, and would join our enemies here against us. Thucydides quoting Nicias before the invasion of Sicily. The History of the Peloponnesian War. Book 6.
Image: Greco-Roman Sarcophagus Depicting Combat between the Greeks and the Amazons discovered at Thessaloniki Greece 180 CE Marble photographed at The Louvre in Paris, France.
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