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Anyway,the Athenians thought differently
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and that's not surprising either,
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because their situation was
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quite different from that of the Spartans.
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They were on the sea; they were accustomed to be at sea.
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Moreover,as we've seen and said several times,
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they had very important supply line,
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lines of communication and transportation,
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in order to feed themselves they needed to go out there
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and have freedom of the seas,
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and that meant that they had to see to it