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14. οὐκ ἐλαχίστην—considerable, in spite of smallness of the fleets.
αὐτοῖς —τοῖς ναυτικοῖς.
χρημάτων προσόδῳ—see c. 13.5. The possession of a fleet enabled them still further to increase their trade.
16. τὰς νήσους κ.—began to or ‘endeavoured to reduce the islands.’ The enterprise of Athens and Corinth is alluded to, as in (ἐκεῖνοι）ὅσοι μή.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 1. E. C. Marchant. 1905. London. MacMillan and Company, Ltd.
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