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τοῖς πολεμίοις—thinking of the Peloponnesians. That Athens should show wisdom (1) calmly judging the guilty, (2) acquitting the democratic party, would be more effective against her enemies than a hasty exercise of brute strength, of vis consili expers. πρὸς τοὺς ἐναντίους is to be taken with κρείσσων ἐστί. ἐπιών—‘if he goes to work.’
Commentary on Thucydides Book 3. E.C. Marchant. London. MacMillan & Company. 1909.
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