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24. τήν τε αὑτοῦ—he would not again be able to set foot in his own city since it was part of the Atheman empire.
26. ἕνεκα governs δόσεως: ὀλίγων ἡμερῶν depends on μισθοῦ. Pericles assumes that the Pel. fleet would not be able to keep the sea for any considerable time.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 1. E. C. Marchant. 1905. London. MacMillan and Company, Ltd.
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