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[6] ὅτανso long as; cf. c. 142. 1.

1. οὐχ ὁμόφυλοι—not all Dorians: of course the Athenian allies were not ὁμόφυλοι (2.9. 4), but they were all under the guidance of Athens.

τὸ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτὸν . σπεύδῃ—the verb attracted to ἕκαστος: τὸ ἐφ̔ ., what concerns himself is object of σπεύδῃ. But generally τὸ ἐπί and accus. (1) is adverbial, (2) means as far as concerns, or ‘depends on.’

2. μηδέν belongs to the inf.

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