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3. ἄνεμον τηρήσασι—cf. τηρήσαντες τὸν πορθμόν 6.2.
6. τὰ ἐπὶ τούτοις—cf. ὡς ἐπὶ τούτοις 6.45; vii. 45; ‘what was now necessary.’ Ar. Eccles. 82 τἀπὶ τούτοις δράσομεν.
7. ὅπως also depends on παρας κευάζειν.
τὰ ἔξωθεν — referring to what he could do for Potidaea when he got outside.
10. Σερμυλιῶν ... πολλούς—Sermyle on the west coast of Sithonia.
11. ἐς ... ἔπρασσεν—negotiated with; cf. e.g. πρὸς ὃν ἔπραξαν 2.7.
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12. ὅπῃ=‘as to how.’
13. μετὰ δέ—now begins the costly siege of Potidaea.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 1. E. C. Marchant. 1905. London. MacMillan and Company, Ltd.
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