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Ἀθήνας = Attica; cf. v. 57. 2 n.

Θέσπειαν: so Hom. Il. ii. 498, though Thespiae is commoner. On its scanty remains cf. Frazer on Paus. ix. 26; so too Πλάταιαν is singular here only in H., elsewhere Πλαταιαί. For similar variations cf. i. 82. 1, 2.

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