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τοὺς δέκα: the usual ten lunar months; cf. 69. 5.


ἐν θώκῳ: at a sitting of the council. So Paus. iii. 7. 7ἐν βουλῇ”.

ἐπὶ δακτύλων: a well-known mode of counting (cf. Juv. x. 249 with Mayor), especially among savages (cf. Tylor, P. C. i. 244 f.).

πρῆγμα ... οὐδέν, ‘paid no heed’ (cf. vii. 150. 3). The carelessness of the Ephors is incredible, since it was their duty to preserve the purity of the Heracleid race (v. 39).


εὐδοκιμέοντι. For Ariston's victories cf. i. 67 n.

ἀρήν: a rare word, here used for εὐχήν to get the play on the name Δημάρητος. Cf. Ἀρήτη (Hom. Od. vii. 54), Louis le Désiré and Samuel (1 Sam. i. 20).

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