…the moon. Now this eclipse of the, particular eclipse of the moon was of great historical importance because it was observed by Nicias and the Athenians who were at the time besieging Syracuse in Sicily. They'd been in considerable trouble and it was quite…

…this sort of thing was extremely dangerous that a journey should never be started in the neighborhood of an eclipse and consequently Nicias decided to postpone the return to Athens for at least a month the decision was taken and the consequence was that…