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9. ὀργῇ φέροντες—excited by the war, ὀργή being ‘passion, excitement, impulse,’ as well as anger. It is the ‘war fever’ that Thuc. means.
11. τὰ κράτιστα—cf. c. 19, end.
12. ἔκ τε αὐτῆς κτλ .—ἐρέτας is object of ἀγείροντες, to which μισθῷ πείθοντες is subordinate. Steup, however, supplies ναῦς to ἀγείροντες, and makes μ. πείθοντες co-ordinate with ἀγείροντες. He joins τῆς ἄλλης Ἐ. ἐρέτας together (‘rowers belonging to other parts of Greece’). With the ordinary construction, supply ἐκ before τῆς.
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16. ἔνσπονδοι=ξύμμαχοι. ἐσεγράψαντο—causal mid.
19. γενέσθαι—dependent on πειρᾶσθαι. Under the terms of the treaty the ἄγραφοι πόλεις might seek the alliance of either Athens or Sparta; but of course the request might be refused.
20. ὠφελίαν=βοήθειαν.
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22. πρεσβευσόμενοι—to negotiate with them. The mid. seems to express reciprocity, and the word is rather loosely used.
24. προσγενόμενον—trans. ‘the addition of their fleet to ...,’ the chief emphasis being on the partic.
25. θέσθαι—as in c 25. 1.
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26. ἐς ἀντιλογίαν ἦλθον—cf. εἰς λόγους ἐλθεῖν τινι.
28. εὐεργεσίας ... προυφειλομένης— ‘without having a elaim through some great serviee rendered or through a previously existing alliance.’ The meaning is simply ‘we cannot urge that we are seeking to renew an old ξυμμαχία or that we have a claim on you for services rendered.’ ‘We are not εὐεργέται of Athens’: for this see on c. 137. 4 καί μοι εὐεργεσία ὀφείλεται and c. 128. 4.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 1. E. C. Marchant. 1905. London. MacMillan and Company, Ltd.
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