for from the heroic deeds of your own forefathers 
 Athens as a whole received inestimable benefit. After the loss of our fleet, when there was a general desire to cripple 
 Athens forever, the Spartans, although our enemies at the time, decided to spare her because of the valiant exploits of those heroes who had led the whole of 
 Greece to freedom. Cf. Andoc. 3.21 .