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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.1004#0236
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THEBES AND ATHENS.
Cithaaron, and the water torrents deluged the plain. A proud, stubborn,
presumptuous, and savage temper, and an insolent confidence in their own
bodily strength and physical resources, were the peculiar characteristics of
the inhabitants of Thebes; and these national peculiarities seem to have been
engendered and strengthened, in a considerable degree, by exposure to the
inclemency of such seasons; as the elegance and the refinement of the
Athenians was partly due to the light air, the dry soil, and the genial
climate of Attica.
THEBES AND ATHENS.
Cithaaron, and the water torrents deluged the plain. A proud, stubborn,
presumptuous, and savage temper, and an insolent confidence in their own
bodily strength and physical resources, were the peculiar characteristics of
the inhabitants of Thebes; and these national peculiarities seem to have been
engendered and strengthened, in a considerable degree, by exposure to the
inclemency of such seasons; as the elegance and the refinement of the
Athenians was partly due to the light air, the dry soil, and the genial
climate of Attica.