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πρὸς—in comparison with. μεγάλας—not that they were greater than Corinth and Sparta, but because their cities were large they needed less support from outside. ἄλλος ὅμιλος—light-armed troops ὅμιλος is confined to poetry, Herod., Thuc., and late authors. Thuc. uses it often.
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