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τὴν ... ἐπὶ Σκιάθῳ: cf. vii. 179 f., and for Pytheas vii. 181.


The point of Polycritus' taunt is that Athens ten years before had charged the Aeginetans in general, and his own father Crius (vi. 50 n.) in particular, with Medism (vi. 49, 73, 85).

ὑπό: under the protection of the land army drawn up on shore; cf. ix. 96. 3.

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