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τὰ ὅπλα καὶ σφᾶς αὐτοὺς—the phrase is common, and the order is always the same. Cf. IV. 21, 3, 30, 4, 37, 2, 38, 3. Livy XXII. 60, 24 and 26 arma et vos ipsos traditis. χρήσασθαι ὅ τι ἂν β.—with χρήσασθαι supply σφίσι only. Cf. c. 24, 2. χρήσασθαι expresses purpose, the act. or mid. being regular in this construction even when the pass. might seem more suitable. M. T. 770. The phrase is regular in the terms of a complete surrender. Cf. IV. 69, 3; VII. 85, 1. Andoc. I. 11, 26.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 2. E.C. Marchant. London. MacMillan & Company. 1891.
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