Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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Book VI, 6.34-[9]; "the true contempt of an invader is shown by deeds of valour in the field" ([http://www.classicpersuasion.org/pw/thucydides/jthucbk6rv2.htm trans.] Benjamin Jowett)
