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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
An adult could rely on memory to decide, but Gaby Melian decided to go to the source: children.
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
Then Melian had reassured him—had abundantly reassured him.
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 hadn’t done anything to hurt Athens or help Sparta; they just wanted to keep to themselves.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 12, 2012
The Melians then appealed to the Athenians’ reason and self-interest.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 12, 2012
At length this strange controversy came to an end, and after one final hint, of fearful significance, the Athenian envoys withdrew, leaving the Melians to consider their answer.
From Stories from Thucydides by Havell, H. L. (Herbert Lord)
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