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6. μὴ γὰρ ἄλλο τι—Archidamus argues against invading Attica at once, that as long as it is unravaged it is a hostage for the conciliatory behaviour of Athens in the negotiations; when once it is wasted, they will know that they have nothing to lose.
7. ἔχειν (sc. ὑμᾶς), by an idiom common in Thuc.=εἶναι ὑμῖν.
οὐχ ἧσσον—the more so. The cultivation of the poor soil of Attica was necessarily carried on with great care.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 1. E. C. Marchant. 1905. London. MacMillan and Company, Ltd.
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