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οὔκ: this refers, not to any particular words, but to the whole idea of what precedes; equiv. to οὐ ποιήσετε τοῦτο. Cf. iii. 66. 19. ἀπὸ τοῦ ἴσου: this belongs with ὁ ἀγών, and is opp. to πρὸς τοὺς κρείσσονας πολλῷ: “with equal forces.” See on i. 77. 8. ὀφλεῖν: with Bekker and others against the authority of the Mss., which read ὄφλειν. The sense (“not to fall into disgrace”) demands the aor. (of pres. ὀφλισκάνω).—ἡ βουλή: this is substituted for ὁ ἀγών as if to exclude the notion of a decision by violence.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 5. Harold North Fowler. 1888. Boston. Ginn and Company.
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