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22. πρόσθησθε—assume, ‘take upon yourselves,’ cf. c. 144. 1. 4; Eur. Her. 146 ἴδια προσθέσθαι κακά.
24. φιλεῖ ἐς τύχας ... περιίστασθαι—is wont to turn out at last a series of chances, from which we (you and we) are equally remote (i.e. we cannot see into them).
Commentary on Thucydides Book 1. E. C. Marchant. 1905. London. MacMillan and Company, Ltd.
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