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21. τῷ πλήθει—the king includes the population of the confederate states. It is true that Sparta could pour a far greater number of troops into Attica than Athens could into the Peloponnese.
22. ἐπιφοιτῶντες—by repeated incursions. This was the method adopted, and this is probably written after the event.
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26. τίς = ποῖος.
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1. κἀν τούτῳ—‘in that case.
2. καλόν—sc. ἡμῖν. In καταλύεσθαι the mid. denotes reciprocity, as in σπένδεσθαι.
3. μᾶλλον—sc. ἢ αναγκασθῆναι πολεμεῖν.
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7. οὕτως—adeo.
8. φρονήματι—pride, ‘high spirit.’
τῇ γῇ δουλεῦσαι—slaves to their land, so that they will not endure to see it ravaged, but will resist vigorously. Cf. Archidamus to the same effect in 2.11.6-8.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 1. E. C. Marchant. 1905. London. MacMillan and Company, Ltd.
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