Envoy says Iran will take 'proportionate' action if Trump follows through on attack threats
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An Iranian envoy says Tehran will “take immediate and proportionate” action if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on his threats to attack the country’s “whole civilization.”
  • a_g_marut@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    τῶν δὲ μαντηίων ἀμφοτέρων ἐς τὠυτὸ αἱ γνῶμαι συνέδραμον, προλέγουσαι Κροίσῳ, ἢν στρατεύηται ἐπὶ Πέρσας, μεγάλην ἀρχὴν μιν καταλύσειν·

    and the judgment given to Croesus by each of the two oracles was the same, to wit, that if he should send an army against the Persians he would destroy a great empire.

    Source: https://www.loebclassics.com/view/herodotus-persian_wars/1920/pb_LCL117.61.xml