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Pelling sees conflicting strands in Archidamus' plan, although both parts of the plan make sense. [...] On the other hand, de Romilly argues that Archidamus' plans change at different stages of the march. And one of them almost worked. Once the Athenians saw their land being ravaged, they wanted to fight [...]. It is true that Thucydides could have inferred that Archidamus, an intelligent man and a presumably well-informed ξένος of Pericles, would have tried to elicit just this reaction from the Athenians.
Pelling sees conflicting strands in Archidamus' plan, although both parts of the plan make sense. [...] On the other hand, de Romilly argues that Archidamus' plans change at different stages of the march. And one of them almost worked. Once the Athenians saw their land being ravaged, they wanted to fight [...]. It is true that Thucydides could have inferred that Archidamus, an intelligent man and a presumably well-informed ξένος of Pericles, would have tried to elicit just this reaction from the Athenians.
