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σοὶ ἐπῆλθεν: tibi in mentem venit. Cf. iv.2.4.

ὡς: how.

ὧν: i.e. ταῦτα, ὧν.

καὶ ὅς: see on i.4.3.

γ᾽ εἰ μὴ εἴχομεν: the rel. repeats with force the rel. of the previous sentence.

ἕνεκά γε τῶν ἡμετέρων ὀφθαλμῶν: so far as it depends on our eyes, i.e. in spite of having eyes. Cf. ἀλλ᾽ ἐξέσται ἡμῖν, ἐκείνου ἕνεκα, πρὸς τὸ ἡμέτερον συμφέρον πάντα τίθεσθαι but it will be in our power, for anything that he can do, to arrange everything to our own advantage Cyr. iii. 2. 30.

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