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οὐκ ἐλάνθανεν . . οὔτε ὅτε . . ἐπειδή τε—“οὔτε,” says Prof. Lamberton, “is before ὅτε, because the contrast connects itself most closely and naturally with the different points of time.” The sequence is irregular, but the sentence is quite clear. οἱ ἔσχατοι . . Καλλιῆς—these tribes, then, must be the easternmost of the Ophioneis. καθήκοντες is not to be understood to mean that they extended right down to the Malian Gulf, but rather marks the direction. (It is possible that οἱ . . καθήκοντες is an addition to the text, a note made after Heraclea became part of Aetolia, which happened in 280 B.C.)
Commentary on Thucydides Book 3. E.C. Marchant. London. MacMillan & Company. 1909.
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