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22. τράπεζάν τε—“epulabatur more Persarum luxuriosius,” says Nepos (Pausanias 3.2; cf. the “Persicos odi apparatus” of Horace, The simplicity of the Greek δεῖπνον is notorious.
24. βραχέσι—small.
τῇ γνώμῃ—with ἔμελλε, he meant to.
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26. ὀργῇ—temper in neutral sense; cf. c. 122. 1. He made men ‘wait before his doors’ as if he were a satrap.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 1. E. C. Marchant. 1905. London. MacMillan and Company, Ltd.
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