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ὥρκωσαν πάντας . . . ὅρκους. For the double accus cf. Ar. Lys. 187, τίν᾽ ὅρκον ὁρκώσεις ποθ᾽ ἡμᾶς; The second accus. is limited to the etymologically cognate terms. In iv. 74, ὁρκώσαντες πίστεσι μεγάλαις μηδὲν μνησικακήσειν. ὁμονοήσειν i.e. μὴ στασιάσειν. πολέμιοί τ᾽ ἔσεσθαι the nomin. as if πάντες ὤμοσαν had preceded instead of ὥρκωσαν πάντας. Similarly οὐδὲν for μηδὲν is a laxity not to be defended by any subtlety. In direct narration the oath would be πολέμιοί τ᾽ ἐσόμεθα καὶ οὐδὲν ἐπικηρυκευσόμεθα, and Thucydides retains οὐδὲν as if after an ordinary verb of saying.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 8. T.G. Tucker. London. MacMillan & Company. 1892.
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