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Τὸ δ᾽—i.e. τὸ κατορθοῦν. ἐκ τοῦ δικαίου—cf. c. 44, 3, = δικαίως. περιέσται—‘will be found on our side.’ ἐν ἐκείνῳ—i.e. ἐν τῷ πεζῷ. εὐψυχίᾳ—answers the statement made in c. 87, 5. προφέρουσι— = προέχειν, only used by Herod., Thuc. and poets. τῷ δὲ—‘owing to our superiority in experience, we are more confident.’
Commentary on Thucydides Book 2. E.C. Marchant. London. MacMillan & Company. 1891.
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