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and thinking that if the Athenians
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had a walled city that they could defend,
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it would make them more confident
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and possibly more aggressive
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and more trouble for their neighbors.
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In the war, the Athenians had shown an astonishing daring,
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especially at sea,
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which obviously was making some of their old enemies
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and neighbors nervous.
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Well,the Spartans heard about it,
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and they heeded their friends complaints enough,
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so that Themistocles who was--