E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides Book 1

[3] 2. καὶ ὕστερον—in eontrast with εὐθύς. The ἕτερος στόλος seems to anticipate ἀλλὰ στρατεύουσιν κτλ. in 26.4; but the edd. explain with Poppo, that this new force consisted of fifteen ships (hence forty below, cf. c. 29. 4). But στρατεύουσιν ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς should not allude to a hostile move made by the twenty-five ships already on the spot (the rendering ‘assume the offensive’ being madmissible): they should refer only to the new force sent from home.

3. κατ᾽ ἐπήρειαν—in a threatening manner, with ἐκέλευον.

6. ἀποδεικνύντες—cf. c. 25. 2, ‘calling their attention to graves (of their common ancestors buried at Corcyra) and ties of blood, to which they appealed.’ ἥν applies equally to both nouns, but is attracted to the nearer.