I, however, would advise you—do not be angry with me—either to humble yourselves and be content to mind your own affairs, or else to get ready a more powerful force. If I felt sure that you were Siphnians or Cythnians Siphnos and Cythnos are two of the Cyclades , S.E. of Athens . Perhaps the speaker remembered the retort of Themistocles to the man of Seriphos ( Plut. Them. 18 ). or people of that sort, I should counsel you to be less proud, but since you are Athenians, I urge you to get your force ready. For it would be a disgrace, men of Athens , a disgrace to desert that post of honor which your ancestors bequeathed to you.