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εἰσίν: sc. οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι.

ἅπερ: cf. 4. 3.

ἔστιν οἷς: see on i.4.2. Cf. καὶ μὴν ἐπί γε τοῖς προγόνοις οὐ μεῖον Ἀθηναῖοι Βοιωτοὶ φρονοῦσιν (pride themselves) Hipp. vii. 3, where the claim is more modest.

προτρέπονταί τε: for the position of the encl., cf. τε ἐνόμιζεν iv. 2. 40.

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