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was in fact itself a growth of Athenian power
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and that seems to me to be a great stretch
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of the understanding of that word.
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What it is is a consolidation of what they already have,
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and there's no evidence that these actions
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that I'm talking about frighten the Spartans or upset them,
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and that's worth a lot,
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because we hear plenty of complaints about
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what the Athenians are doing in the final crisis,
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but nobody makes any reference to these events
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that some scholars think show Athenian growth.
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So, there we are; again, a crisis has been overcome.