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21 νεωτεροποιοί κτλ.—we have echoes of this famous comparison in Demosth.
22. ἐπινοῆσαι ὀξεῖς—cf. Dem. Ol. 3, 15 γνῶναι πάντων ὑμεῖς ὀξύτατοι.
24. σῴζειν—sc. ὀξεῖς. sarcastic.
ἐπιγνῶναι—adopt further measures beyond a resolution to preserve what you have got.
οὐδὲ τἀναγκαῖα—contrast ἐπιγνῶναι μηδέν. The last clause =καὶ οὐκ ὀξεῖς ἐστε ἔργῳ οὐδὲ τ. ἐξ. By τἀναγκαῖα he means what will just do.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 1. E. C. Marchant. 1905. London. MacMillan and Company, Ltd.
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