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9. γ᾽ ἂν οὖν—c. 76. 4.
10. ἄρξαιτε—ingressive, ‘gain an empire.’
11. εὔνοιαν—good-will, which at present they enjoyed as professed ‘liberators’ (2.9. 4).
ἡμέτερον—c. 33. 3
12. οἷα ... ὁμοῖα—measures like those of which you gave some examples. δι᾽ ὀλίγου, for a short time. For the conduct of the Spartans as leaders, esp. for the hatred excited by Pausanias, see cc. 94 f.
14. γνώσεσθε—are going to adopt.
15. ἄμεικτα ... τοῖς ἄλλοις—i.e. τοῖς τῶν ἄλλων ν. For νόμιμα see c. 71. 5.
17 ἐξιών—when he goes abroad Xen. Lac. Pol. also speaks of the change for the worse in the Spartan when he left home to assume a command.
οἷς with νομίζει = χρῆται, an Ionic use.
19. οὐ βραχέων—no trifling matters.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 1. E. C. Marchant. 1905. London. MacMillan and Company, Ltd.
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