Athens and the Paraphernation War

I think it certainly puts Athens on the back foot. It does mean that Athens doesn't plan any major kinds of expeditions really until about 15 years later when it has this terrible sort of aborted cicillid expedition. The extraordinary thing about Athens and the great secret to Athens' success is that it's ability to be able to get its hymns on resources. So so Athens just has resources available to it that no other city has. Attica is an area much larger than any other city would control.