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δισχιλίοις—the number is puzzling, as in c. 27. 2 the Cor. are said to be pieparing to send 3000.
12. ἐπί—for, not ‘against.’ ἐναντία, internal accus, as adv.; cf. c. 6. 6.
19. τὸ ἱερὸν Ἀπόλλωνος—the celebrated temple of Ἀπόλλων Ἄκτιος, best known to us from its connexion with the battle of Actium.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 1. E. C. Marchant. 1905. London. MacMillan and Company, Ltd.
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