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All Lesbos except Methymna immediately revolts from the Athenians, who had been informed of the designs of the Mytileneans. Λέσβος πλὴν Μηθύμνης ἀπέστη: Mytilene, which was itself under oligarchical rule, had extended its authority over the three smaller places, Antissa, Pyrrha, and Eresos (c. 18. 5); only Methymna on the northern coast retained its democratic constitution and connexion with Athens. See W. Herbst, Der Abfall Mytilenes, 1861, and Leithäuser, Der Abfall Mytilenes, 1874.— βουληθέντες: agreeing κατὰ ξύνεσιν with Λέσβος. Kr. Spr. 58, 4, 2; Kühn. 359, 3a. Cf. c. 79. 10; i. 24. 9.—3. πρὸ τοῦ πολέμου: cf. c. 13. 5 καὶ πάλαι . . . ἔτι ἐν τῇ εἰρήνῃ. It was doubtless after the conclusion of the τριακοντούτεις σπονδαί, 445 B.C., as the Schol. says, οὐ προσεδέξαντο, ἵνα μὴ λύσωσι τὰς τριακοντούτεις σπονδάς. See W. Herbst, ibid. p. 10, 22.— ἀλλ̓ . . . οὐ προσεδέξαντο: the full const. would be ἀλλ̓ οὐκ ἀπέστησαν: οἱ γὰρ Λακεδαιμόνιοι οὐ προσεδέξαντο. For similar brachylogy, cf. i. 26. 17. As the clause refers only to βουληθέντες, it is to be construed parenthetically. προσεδέξαντο, as c. 13. 6; i. 45. 2; ii. 70. 10, without expressed obj., τοὺς λόγους, or a similar word, being understood. —4. ἀναγκασθέντες: the explanatory partics. with μέν, δέ are placed after the leading verb with effect similar to the μέν and δέ clauses in ii. 93. 19, 22. — καὶ ταύτην: i.e. τὴν τότε, even this revolt, as opp. to that which they had failed to make. τῶν τε γὰρ . . . μεταπεμπόμενοι ἦσαν: explanatory of πρότερον ἢ διενοοῦντο, as 9 ff. Τενέδιοι γάρ, . . . Λέσβου is of ἀναγκασθέντες. τε is co-ord. with καί before ὅσα.—6. τὴν χῶσιν . . . οἰκοδόμησιν . . . ποίησιν: the art. covers the three substs. with their genitives. Cf. c. 56. 7, and see on i. 120. 10. χῶσις τῶν λιμένων means the building of moles, by which the entrance to the harbours was narrowed and could at will be closed by a chain. 7. ἐπέμενον: takes two consts.: a) acc. with inf., τὴν ποίησιν τελεσθῆναι (cf. c. 26. 13; Soph. Trach. 1176); b) the acc. alone, ὅσα ἔδει ἀφικέσθαι. See Haase, Lucubr. Thuc. p. 110 f. So περιέμενε, vii. 20. 16. Thus most of the editt. explain. Cl. makes ὅσα ἔδει ἀφικέσθαι subj. of ἀφικέσθαι understood, on the ground that ἐπιμένειν does not take the acc. alone; but cf. Eur. Suppl. 624; Plato Rep. 361 d.—8. τοξότας: Seythian bowmen, hired by the ruling aristocracy, and always ready to serve as mercenaries.— ἃ μεταπεμπόμενοι ἦσαν: whatever they were engaged in fetching. Cf. ii. 67. 9 ἧν πολιορκοῦν, and see App. on i. 1. 5. Kr. Spr. 56, 3, 1; Kühn. 353, N. 3. Cobet's conjecture μεταπεπεμμένοι ἦσαν is unnecessary, as is shown by L. Herbst, Gegen Cobet, p. 37-39. On the subject of periphrases with εἶναι, see Amer. J. of Ph. iv. p. 297. Τενέδιοι: members of the Attic symmachy (vii. 57. 22). They feared the influence of Mytilene on the Aeolic coast, as did Methymna on the island. See W. Herbst, ibid. p. 24.—10. Μυτιληναίων: the earlier form, acc. to inscriptions and coins; later, and therefore in many Mss., Μιτυληναίων. See Meisterhaus, Grammatik der Att. Inschriften^{2} p. 23.— ἰδίᾳ κατὰ στάσιν: on account of factions. Cf. κατὰ στάσιν ἰδίᾳ, c. 34. 3; κατὰ στάσιν, c. 62. 19; 68. 17; 82. 11; v. 33. 4; κατὰ τὴν στάσιν, viii. 106. 21. ἰδίᾳ also ii. 67. 4. The phrase gives the motive of μηνυταὶ γίγνονται, to which πρόξενοι Ἀθηναίων is added by way of explanation. Aristotle, Polit. v. 4, mentions Doxander as the Attic proxenus who, in revenge for the rejection of his proposal of marriage for his sons with the daughters of the aristocrat Timophanes, betrayed the plot to the Athenians.—11. μηνυταὶ γίγνονται: the same periphrasis as in i. 132. 31; viii. 50. 15. Cf. also c. 58. 13 (εὐεργέτης); i. 4. 3 (οἰκιστής); i. 37. 12 (δικαστής); c. 59. 12; i. 136. 9 (ἱκέτης); c. 40. 31 (προδότης); ii. 43. 8 (ἐραστής); c. 23. 13; i. 35. 12; v. 9. 38; viii. 86. 23 (κωλυτής); c. 42. 7; v. 30. 2; viii. 45. 9 (διδάσκαλος); c. 105. 14; i. 95. 4; vi. 76. 13; vii. 56. 19 (ἡγεμών); viii. 51. 4 (ἐξάγγελος). See Dissen ad Dem. xviii. 72.—12. ξυνοικίζουσί τε τὴν Λέσβον ἐς τὴν Μυτιλήνην: the Schol. explains, ἄκοντας τοὺς Λεσβίους ἀναγκάζουσιν ἐς τὴν Μυτιλήνην οἰκῆσαι. ἐβούλοντο γὰρ ἐκ μιᾶς πόλεως ὁρμώμενοι πολεμεῖν. Cf. i. 58. § 2. This view is held also by Goell., Bl., Kr. and Jowett. But it is incompatible with c. 18. § 1; so that political concentration must be meant, as in the case of Athens under Theseus, ii. 15. § 2, the communal independence of the other places being abolished. The purpose (pres. ξυνοικίζουσι) is in part carried out in c. 18. § 1. So explain also Arn., St., and Böhme. See W. Herbst, ibid. p. 19.—13. Λακεδαιμονίων: cf. c. 5. 13.—14. Βοιωτῶν: esp. the Thebans. Cf. c. 5. 13; 13. 7.— ξυγγενῶν ὄντων: since Lesbos was considered a Boeotian colony. Strab. xiii. 1. 3. Cf. vii. 57. 24; viii. 100. 16. See Curtius, Hist. of Greece, i. p. 127 f.— ἐπὶ ἀποστάσει: with a view to a revolt. Cf. i. 3. 9; 37. 8; 73. 14.— ἐπείγονται: trans. also iv. 5. 9; vi. 100. 5; viii. 9. 2.—15. εἰ μή τις: with fut. indic. a common expression of warning. Cf. iv. 68. 28; viii. 53. 18; 83. 13; 91. 12. On εἰ with the fut. indic. in minatory and monitory conditions, see GMT. 447; Gildersleeve, Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 1876, p. 5 ff., Amer. J. of Ph., ix. p. 491 f., xiii. p. 123 f.— προκαταλήψεται: shall prevent, abs., as in c. 3. 9; 46. 25; v. 57. 4; vi. 18. 13. See on i. 57. 15. — ἤδη: forthwith, belongs to the prot., as ἤδη in viii. 91. 13, and ἐν τάχει in v. 57. 5; 64. 2.— στερήσεσθαι: pass. also in c. 39. 44. στερηθήσομαι seems to occur only in late writers. See Veitch s.v.— αὐτούς: i.e. τοὺς Ἀθηναίους.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 3 Edited on the basis of the Classen-Steup Edition. Charles F. Smith. Boston. Ginn & Company. 1894.
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