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ἔστι ... λεγόμενος, ‘is current’; cf. ii. 48. 3; iv. 179. 1; vii. 167. 1; viii. 118. 1.

That there was some truth in this story is proved not only by the reception of the Argive embassy at Susa (ch. 151), but also by the message to Mardonius (ix. 12), which distinctly implies that Argive co-operation had been promised. Indeed, the vain excuses put forward by the Argives cannot cloak their Medism; cf. viii. 73. 3 εἰ δὲ ἐλευθέρως ἔξεστι εἰπεῖν, ἐκ τοῦ μέσου κατημένοι ἐμήδιζον. Cf. Introd. § 30 e.

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