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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.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 1. E. C. Marchant. 1905. London. MacMillan and Company, Ltd.
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