... behave unnaturally - as it is human nature to defend oneself, it was against the Athenians' natural impulses to passively hide behind the walls and watch the Spartan Army level their farms and homes, as Pericles asked. He asked each man to "stifle his own particular sorrow as he joins with the rest on working for the safety of us all- (The ... . Thus, Pericles showed an ignorance of the very nature of the path of the Peloponnesian War. The negative impact on Athenian morale was profound as their homes and farms were destroyed, their friends and family fell to the plague, and the war drag...

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