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Ἐν τῷ παρόντι—‘for a time,’ i.e. until other nations become habituated to it. Cf. c. 41, 2. ἕτεροι ἑτέρων—c. 51, 1 and 4. Cf. I. 84 διαφέρειν ἄνθρωπον ἀνθρώπου and 3 above; Livy, XXI. 10, 4 ex bellis bella serendo. ὅστις ... λαμβάνει—=ὁ λαμβάνων. ἐπὶ μεγίστοις—cf. c. 29, 3 ἐπ᾽ ὠφελίᾳ. ἡ δὲ κ.τ.λ.—there is only one idea in the subject: lit. ‘that which is the splendour of the present remains also the glory of the future in memory for ever,’ by which he means great power, τὰ μέγιστα above. In the present, such power is viewed with dislike, though it is a splendid thing to have; but hatred is short-lived, and in the future will be changed into admiration and respect. Even if this great power decline, it is still remembered. The second member is the more important.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 2. E.C. Marchant. London. MacMillan & Company. 1891.
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