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ὑπῆγον, ‘began to draw off.’ The verb is either trans. or intrans (as here). Cf. (i.) εἰς δυσχωρίαν ὑπάγειν τοὺς πολεμίους (Xen. Cyr. i. 6, 37); (ii.) ὑπομείναντες ἐπιφερόμενον καὶ, ὅταν καιρὸς ᾖ, κόσμῳ καὶ τἁξει ὑπαγαγόντες (Thuc. iv. 126; cf. v. 10). πέλαγος ‘the open sea,’ so πλεῖν πελάγιος frequently. ἐπανεχώρησαν ‘withdrew to their station’ (ἐπι. ‘home’). Not as P-S, ‘retired after they had done so.’ The addition of other ships proves that they returned to port. σφῶν not αὐτῶν, as if reflexive with ἐνόμιζον.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 8. T.G. Tucker. London. MacMillan & Company. 1892.
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