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No Athenian who led armies and navies in many battles repeatedly
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setting up trophies of victory could have escaped condemnation,
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had he shown any sign of cowardice,
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nor could he have been re-elected general year after year,
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if that was the picture of him.
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Nor did he fail to demonstrate boldness and enterprise.
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In 446, the very survival of Athens
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and her empire were threatened.
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The most menacing rebellions broke out close to home,
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in Euboea, Megara, and Boeotia.
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Pericles swiftly took an army to put down the Euboean rebellion,
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and just as swiftly withdrew on news of the second,