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ὁ Γέλων: as τοῦ Συάγρου supra. ἀπεστραμμένους: cp. 8. 62 λέγων μᾶλλον ἐπεστραμμένα, where the different situation demands the different preposition.
ὀνείδεα κατιόντα ἀνθρώπῳ κτλ.: decidedly ‘gnomic.’ The despot Gelon gives these republicans a lesson in manners, as Xerxes had done in morals c. 136 supra. θυμός here comes near ‘wrath.’
ἀμοιβῇ=ὐποκρίσει: cp. ἀμείβετο (e.g. c. 162)=ὑπεκρίνετο.
προσάντης: moreliterally in Thuc. 4. 43. 3 “ἦν γὰρ τὸ χωρίον πρόσαντες πᾶν”, and less metaphorically in Aristot. Eth. Nik. 1. 6. 1 = 1096 A καίπερ προσάντους τῆς τοιαύτης ζητήσεως γινομένης. τοῦ ἀρχα<*>ου λόγου: ‘the original condition’ in c. 158.
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