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17. πρῶτον—first and foremost. δῆθεν shows this is sarcastic.
19. κατὰ τὴν μητέρα—the family tree is as follows:— Megacles, the Archon Alcmaeon Megacles, opponent of Peisistratus Ariphron Cleisthenes ὁ τὴν δημοκρατίαν Agariste m. Xanthippus καταστήσας Pericles Ariphron
20. ῥᾷον <ἄν>—the addition of ἄν is necessary; cf. c. 57. 5. There is no ex. of pres. in fut. sense after νομίζω (Stahl, Q.G. pp. 6 f.).
22. παθει_ν ἂν ... οἴσειν—the aor with ἄν expresses a contingency, the fut. a certainty. The subject of οἴσειν is prob. αὐτό or τὸ πρᾶγμα supplied in sense.
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23. ὡς—since.
24. τὸ μέρος—partly; cf. p. 66 l. 9.
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26. ἄγων τὴν πολιτείαν—cf. 2.65 of Pericles τὸ πλῆθος ἦγε. In Ath. Pol. c. 27 τὴν π. ἄγειν εἰς αὑτούς=to get political power into their own hands.
2. τὸ ἀπὸ Τ. ἄγος—the pollution resulting from (the affair of) Mt. Taenarus.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 1. E. C. Marchant. 1905. London. MacMillan and Company, Ltd.
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