E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 2

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Πάνορμον—just inside the straits, close to Rhium.

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Παρέπλευσε δὲ—cf. c. 7, 1 for the anaphora.

Ῥίον —c. 84, 4.

ἐξω—Antirrhium and Rhium (Kastro Moreas) formed the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth. Phormio anchored W. of Antirrhium.

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Ἑπτὰ—probably rather under the distance in those days. Thuc. judged by his eye. Strabo is still less exact; he calls the distance five stadia.

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Ὁ πεζὸς—for ὁ π. στρατός. The ellipse of a masc. non-personal noun is rare: this one is found only in Herod. and Thuc.

ἐπειδὴ καὶ—cf. et ipse common in Livy.

εἶδον —sc. ὁρμισαμένους. Cf. c. 11, 8.

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Ἐπὶ—c. 25, 3.

μελετῶντες—absolute, only παρα- σκευαζόμενοι governing ναυμαχίαν. γνώμην ἔχοντες—with infin. like γνόντες. For the double partic. see c. 15, 2.

οἱ μὲν—the subject subdivided; cf. c. 5, 3.

πρὸς ἐκείνων—‘to their interest’; cf. c. 83, 2.

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Ἔπειτα—answers ἐπὶ μὲν in 5.

ποιῆσαι—‘to bring on,’ the act. of the generals; contrast c. 83, 3, mid. of the men.

ἀπὸ τῶν Ἀ.—more formal than ἀπ᾽ Ἀθηναίων. ἔλεξαν—Intr. p. lviii.