Trump warns a 'whole civilization will die' if a deal with Iran isn't reached
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U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening that a “whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran fails to meet his latest deadline to strike a deal that includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
  • a_g_marut@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 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