1. The Peloponnesian War
These killings in Corcyra, though in the name of protecting one's city, were aimed towards achieving one's personal goals: "and although the crime imputed was that of attempting to put down the democracy, some were slain also for private hatred, others by their debtors because of the monies owed to them. " (Thucydides 3.81) Just as the murders that occurred in Corcyra were to benefit oneself but disguised as the common good, many of the elected Athenian leaders or demagogues following the death of Pericles were corrupt, seeking only to be elected to grow their own power. The most fam...
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