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δῆμος ‘a democracy.’ καὶ ὡς ἔδοξεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐποίουν ταῦτα lit. ‘and when they had so decided, they also (or accordingly) proceeded to carry it out.’ ὅμως δὲ . . . προβουλεύσουσι gives the policy they thought best; but acting upon a resolve does not necessarily follow. Cf. ii. 93, ὡς δὲ ἔδοξεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐχώρουν εὐθύς. So Hdt. viii. 64, ὡς δέ σφι ἔδοξε, καὶ ἐποίευν ταῦτα.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 8. T.G. Tucker. London. MacMillan & Company. 1892.
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