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18. ἀντιποιοῦνται—sc. Ἐπιδάμνου.
δίκας δοῦναι—submit the case to arbitration. δ. διδόναι καὶ δέχεσθαι is a technical phrase for legal arbitration between states as opposed to war: cf. vii. 18 ὅπλα μὴ ἐπιφέρειν ἢν δίκας ἐθέλωσι διδόναι.
19. αἷς ἂν κτλ = παρ᾽ αἷς ἂν δίκας δοῦναι ἀ. ξ.
21. κρατεῖν—sc. ἤθελον.
ἤθελον δέ—an alternative suggestion to submit the decision to Apollo.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 1. E. C. Marchant. 1905. London. MacMillan and Company, Ltd.
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