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Nicias and his colleagues are voted full power to do as may seem best. The equipping of the expedition is pushed vigorously. ἐψηφίσαντο: again on motion of Demostratus, acc. to Plut. Nic. 12; Alcib. 18. αὐτοκράτορας εἶναι: acc. to Plutarch, Alcib. 18, with the addition καὶ τῆς παρασκευῆς καὶ τοῦ πολέμου παντός. ἄριστα : adj. with implied general subj., as in 8. 14. καταλόγους ἐποιοῦντο: made levies. Cf. 31. 26. τοῦ ξυνεχοῦς πολέμου: i.e. the ten years' war. See App. on 2. 1. 2.—ἐς...ἐπιγεγενημένης : as to the youth that had grown up. For ἐς, cf. 1. 41. 8; 3. 14. 1. ἅθροισιν: only here in Attic prose.—διὰ τὴν ἐκεχειρίαν: gives reason for ἀνειλήφει ἑαυτήν.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 6. Charles F. Smith. 1913. Boston. Ginn and Company.
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