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16. αἰσθόμενοι δὲ αὐτοὺς οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι διὰ κατάγνωσιν ἀσθενείας σφῶν παρασκευαζομένους, δηλῶσαι βουλόμενοι ὅτι οὐκ ὀρθῶς ἐγνώκασιν ἀλλ᾽ οἷοί τέ εἰσι μὴ κινοῦντες τὸ ἐπὶ Λέσβῳ ναυτικὸν καὶ τὸ ἀπὸ Πελοποννήσου ἐπιὸν ῥᾳδίως ἀμύνεσθαι, ἐπλήρωσαν ναῦς ἑκατὸν ἐσβάντες αὐτοί τε πλὴν ἱππέων καὶ πεντακοσιομεδίμνων καὶ οἱ μέτοικοι, καὶ παρὰ τὸν Ἰσθμὸν ἀναγαγόντες ἐπίδειξίν τε ἐποιοῦντο καὶ ἀποβάσεις τῆς Πελοποννήσου δοκοίη αὐτοῖς. [2] οἱ δὲ Λακεδαιμόνιοι ὁρῶντες πολὺν τὸν παράλογον τά τε ὑπὸ τῶν Λεσβίων ῥηθέντα ἡγοῦντο οὐκ ἀληθῆ καὶ ἄπορα νομίζοντες, ὡς αὐτοῖς καὶ οἱ ξύμμαχοι ἅμα οὐ παρῆσαν καὶ ἠγγέλλοντο καὶ αἱ περὶ τὴν Πελοπόννησον τριάκοντα νῆες τῶν Ἀθηναίων τὴν περιοικίδα αὐτῶν πορθοῦσαι, ἀνεχώρησαν ἐπ᾽ οἴκου. [3] ὕστερον δὲ ναυτικὸν παρεσκεύαζον ὅτι πέμψουσιν ἐς τὴν Λέσβον, καὶ κατὰ πόλεις ἐπήγγελλον τεσσαράκοντα νεῶν πλῆθος καὶ ναύαρχον προσέταξαν Ἀλκίδαν, ὃς ἔμελλεν ἐπιπλεύσεσθαι. [4] ἀνεχώρησαν δὲ καὶ οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι ταῖς ἑκατὸν ναυσίν, ἐπειδὴ καὶ ἐκείνους εἶδον.

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  • Commentary references to this page (23):
    • E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.13
    • E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.25
    • E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.74
    • E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 7, 7.17
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.13
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.18
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.21
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.25
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.26
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.29
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.31
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.45
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.53
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.76
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.81
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.88
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.92
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.98
    • C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 4, CHAPTER CVIII
    • C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 4, CHAPTER XXII
    • C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 4, CHAPTER XC
    • C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 5, 5.40
    • C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 5, 5.47
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    • Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Thuc. 1.143
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