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8. εἱστήκει—sc. τείχη.
9. τὸ βουλόμενον (= τὴν βούλησιν) καὶ ὕποπτον — see c. 36. 1. ἐς τοὐς Ἀ. certainly belongs to δηλοῦντες and means before the assembly. For δηλοῦν in this use cf. c. 82. 1.
11. ὠς δὲ τοῦ β.—but on the ground that, still depending on ἠξιουν.
13. ἀπὸ ἐχυροῦ ποθεν ... ὁρμᾶσθαι—to use any stronghold as a base of operations. ποθεν by attraction for που.
νῦν—lately. Herod. 9.33 fol. tells us how the Persian general Mardonius made Thebes his headquarters.
15. ἀναχώρησίν τε καὶ ἀφορμήν—as a place to retreat to or advance from, abstract for concrete.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 1. E. C. Marchant. 1905. London. MacMillan and Company, Ltd.
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