> When the victorious Athenian generals returned home, the citizens voted to execute them for failing to rescue these [stranded Athenian] soldiers.
Tough crowd.
Tough crowd.
The crowd and the soldiers in the Athenian democracy were part of the same population of around a 30-50.000 people -- the Athenian citizens (although in some battles slaves also fought, including in this one, the crowd wound't be that tough on the generals if those were perished).
Foolish crowd; perhaps most of them are.