The punchline is also rather stark: 116 [...] The place was now closely invested, and there was treachery among the citizens themselves. So the Melians were in

The punchline is also rather stark: 116 [...] The place was now closely invested, and there was treachery among the citizens themselves. So the Melians were induced to surrender at discretion. The Athenians thereupon put to death all who were of military age, and made slaves of the women and children. They then colonised the island, sending thither 500 settlers of their own. Incidentally, that island later hosted one of the most famous statues in the world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_de_Milo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_de_Milo "And so it goes", as another writer more recently put it.