Quotations From Thucydides Pelopnnesian War?

Question

I need some good quotes that I can include in an essay about Thucydides' The History of The Peloponnesian War. Any quotes that are about the dangers of alliances and the destructiveness of greed especially. Please include where you got it from in the book or else it's useless for me... Also, if you plan of giving me more than one quote, try to take them from different sections of the book. Thanks to anyone who answers!!!!

(btw, don't say just google it....that's cheap)

I would have, certainly, if I hadn't forgotten about the assignment until the day before it's due!! And I do have the book, I just have no idea where to look in it for what I need.

Answer 1

Look in the index of the book for Pericles and go directly to the speech. J/S

Another distinctive feature of the work is Thucydides' inclusion of dozens of speeches assigned to the principal figures engaged in the war. These include addresses given to troops by their generals before battles and numerous political speeches, both by Athenian and Spartan leaders, as well as debates between various parties. Of the speeches, the most famous is the funeral oration of Pericles, which is found in Book Two. Thucydides undoubtedly heard some of these speeches himself while for others he relied on eyewitness accounts. Some of the speeches are probably fabricated according to his expectations of, as he puts it, "what was called for in each situation"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Peloponnesian_War

Answer 2

What's cheap is that you're missing the point of doing the homework yourself. Stop being lazy, get the friggen book, read it, and get your own damn quotes.