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"For It Is a Shameful Thing Indeed When the Foremost

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"For it is a shameful thing indeed When the foremost fighters
An elder falling in front of the young men
Lies outstretched,
Having white hair and grey beard,
Breathing forth his stout soul in the dust."
What aspect of war was the Spartan poet Tyrtaeus describing in this passage?


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Antiaromatic

Compounds that are cyclic, conjugated, and contain a certain number of π-electrons that lead to instability according to Huckel's rules.

Nonaromatic

Refers to organic compounds that do not possess the delocalized pi-electron system characteristic of aromatic compounds, often resulting in different chemical properties.

O-chlorotoluene

An aromatic compound where a chlorine atom is ortho (adjacent) to the methyl group on a benzene ring.

Compound Name

A name given to a chemical substance that describes its molecular components.

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