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| προϊδόντες γὰρ οἱ Θηβαῖοι ὅτι ἔσοιτο ὁ πόλεμος ἐβούλοντο τὴν Πλάταιαν αἰεὶ σφίσι διάφορον οὖσαν ἔτι ἐν εἰρήνῃ τε καὶ τοῦ πολέμου μήπω φανεροῦ καθεστῶτος προκαταλαβεῖν. |
| The Thebans, foreseeing that war would break out, wanted to seize Plataea, which had always been opposed to them, while they were still at peace and before war had been declared. |
| Thucydides The Peloponnesian War 2.1 |
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