In the year 426 the tension between the oligarchs (the rich minority) and the democrats (the poor majority) grew so much that it resulted in a civil war. It all started with the democrats deceiving the oligarchs into believing that Thucydides was recounting the events that occurred during the civil war in Corcyra. He states that the civil war was only the first of many in Greece. Once word of what happened in Corcyra spread to the rest of the country, many civil wars broke out between many political groups (3.82). groups in a major civil war. Thucydides explains it best by saying that “civil war has brought many difficulties to cities […] and will always happen as long as human nature is the same.” (3.82) All it takes is a disagreement between oligarchs and democrats to set everything in motion. One of the biggest problems, however, was that during the civil war the Corcyreans had almost lost all their compassion and human values. This article will address three of the major values ​​that were lost during the civil war, along with Thucydides' reasoning as to why they were lost. One of the first values ​​that were reevaluated according to Thucydides was that there was a tendency to change the meaning of things to justify one's actions: to give more credence to what they were doing. Thucydides mentions how “reckless audacity was considered loyal manhood; prudent hesitation was considered cowardice in disguise, and moderation merely the cloak of an unmanly nature. (3.82) Furthermore, “a mind that could grasp the good of the whole was considered entirely lazy.” (3.82) Thucydides is s...... middle of paper .......84), you are faced with a very real possibility of civil war. As we have seen, Thucydides attributes a great deal of civil war to those predisposed to bloodlust and savagery. Examining three different values ​​that were lost among the Corcyraeans during the civil war, as well as Thucydides' beliefs as to why this happened, will provide a better understanding of human nature during ancient Greece. The civil war in Corcyra between oligarchs and democrats was one of the first in Greece, but it was definitely not the last. Once word of the events in Corcyra spread throughout Greece, many Greek cities had engaged in a war similar to that of the Corcyraeans. In civil war, as in any war, it promotes our most primal and aggressive desires and allows them to emerge and in peacetime, any aggression is easily lost..