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ὅπως ἀσαφῆ . . ᾖ καὶ μὴ βοηθοῖεν—the timehonoured example of interchange of subj and opt after a past tense. Cf. VI. 96 ἐξέκριναν ὅπως εἴησαν φύλακες καὶ . . . παραγίγνωνται, where no difference of meaning can be detected. See M.T. § 321. Analogous is the interchange of moods in c. 113, 2.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 3. E.C. Marchant. London. MacMillan & Company. 1909.
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