E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides Book 1

27. ὃ ἐπολιόρκει Νάξον—the accession of Artaxerxes, who had lately ascended the throne when Them. arrived (see 137.4) took place in 465 B.C. Hence, to make the dates suit, the siege of Naxos was assigned by Schafer to 466 B.C.; but, judging from the narrative of cc. 89-90, this leaves too short an interval between the siege of Naxos and the death of Xerxes; for Eurymedon was fought before the latter event, and yet, apparently, some time after the revolt of Naxos. Hence other modern authorities assign the siege of Naxos to 468, 470 or even 473 B.C. But then the narrative here cannot be correct. In Plut. Them. 25, where this passage is used, some MSS. have Θάσον for Νάξον: and this would suit here better (see c. 100. 2); but there may be a mistake on Thuc.'s part.

4. τὴν δὲ ἀσφάλειαν εἶναι—i.e. ‘his safety depended on.’

5. μέχρι—with μέχρι, μέχρι οὗ and πρίν Thuc. occasionally uses subj. without ἄν according to the older idiom; but ἕως with plain subj. does not occur.

πλοῦς—until fair weather came, in contrast with χειμών above: this and not ‘until he sailed’ seems to be the sense; πλοῦς=εὔπλοια, as also in 3.3 πλῷ χρησάμενος καὶ τριταῖος ἀφικόμενος.

6. ἀπομνήσεσθαι—the ordinary fut. in Attic is μνησθήσομαι, but Herod. uses μνήσομαι.

11. αὐτῷ—for the poetical use of dat. after ἦλθε cf. c. 13. 3. The aor. is plupert. in sense, and ὔστερον means after his flight. At Athens his goods were confiscated so far as they were found, because he was a traitor.

13. κάτω ... ἄνω—as in ἀνά-βασις and κατά-βασις.