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49.
Nicias spoke positively because he had exact
information of the financial distress at Syracuse, and also because of the
strength of the Athenian party there which kept sending him messages not to
raise the siege; besides which he had more confidence than before in his fleet, and felt
sure at least of its success.
[2]
Demosthenes, however, would not hear for a moment of continuing the siege,
but said that if they could not lead off the army without a decree from
Athens, and if they were obliged to stay on, they ought to remove to Thapsus
or Catana; where their land forces would have a wide extent of country to overrun, and
could live by plundering the enemy, and would thus do them damage; while the fleet would have the open sea to fight in, that is to say,
instead of a narrow space which was all in the enemy's favour, a wide
sea-room where their science would be of use, and where they could retreat
or advance without being confined or circumscribed either when they put out
or put in.
[3]
In any case he was altogether opposed to their staying on where they were,
and insisted on removing at once, as quickly and with as little delay as
possible; and in this judgment Eurymedon agreed.
[4]
Nicias however still objecting, a certain diffidence and hesitation came
over them, with a suspicion that Nicias might have some further information
to make him so positive.
Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War. London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton. 1910.
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- E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 2, 2.88
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- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 1.pos=2.1
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- LSJ, ἀνίστημι
- LSJ, ἐξαν-ίστημι
- LSJ, ἐνδέχομαι
- LSJ, ἐπικηρ-υ_κεύομαι
- LSJ, ἰσχυ_ρ-ίζομαι
- LSJ, ὅπως οὖν
- LSJ, ὄκν-ος
- LSJ, περί-γραπτος
- LSJ, θάρσ-ησις
- LSJ, σύμπα_ς
- LSJ, συνα^γορ-εύω
- LSJ, τρέφω
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