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Melian said as you expand your skills, you can pick an ingredient that is used across Latino countries such as the plátano and make it in different ways.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2022
Melian is doing that for a whole new generation, with her takes on pupusas, alfajores de maicena and arroz con pollo.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2022
Athens insisted that Melos join its alliance, noting threateningly that the powerful do what they want and the weak must accept it, according to the historian Thucydides in his famous "Melian Dialogue."
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2015
So while she may be an important figure, I don't get the impression Melian is much present in the books?
From Time ● Jan. 5, 2013
“Oh, but this is too lovely for anything,” cried Melian.
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram
After the Melians fail to talk themselves out of their weakness, the Athenian assembly talk themselves into the Sicilian Expedition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Thucydides had the strutting Athenians sneer at the vanquished Melians that “the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must”.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 4, 2017
The Melians predicted that the Athenians’ cruel treatment of Melos could provoke other neutral states into opposing Athens.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 12, 2012
But just as the Melians had predicted, the cruelty and arrogance of Athens aroused opposition against it.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 12, 2012
The Melians plead to remain neutral; the plea is, of course, refused.
From Euripedes and His Age by Murray, Gilbert
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