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    Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War

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    LXIII. Lakedaimonioi** de epeidê anechôrêsan ex Argous tas tetramênous spondas poiêsamenoi, Agin en megalêi aitiai eichon* ou cheirôsamenon sphisin Argos, paraschon kalôs* hôs oupô proteron autoi enomizon*: hathroous gar tosoutous xummachous kai toioutous ou rhaidion einai* labein**. [2] epeidê de kai peri Orchomenou êngelleto* healôkenai*, pollôi dê mallon echalepainon kai ebouleuon* euthus hup' orgês para ton tropon ton heautôn* hôs chrê tên te oikian autou kataskapsai kai deka* muriasi* drachmôn* zêmiôsai. [3] ho de parêiteito* mêden toutôn dran: ergôi gar agathôi rhusesthai** tas aitias strateusamenos**, ê tote* poiein* autous hoti boulontai. [4] hoi de tên men zêmian kai tên kataskaphên epeschon**, nomon de ethento* en tôi paronti, hos oupô proteron egeneto autois: deka gar andras Spartiatôn proseilonto autôi xumboulous*, aneu hôn mê kurion einai apagein* stratian ek tês poleôs.


    There are a total of 15 comments on and cross references to this page.

    Further comments from C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 5:
    book 5 (general note)
    book 5, chapter 63: Tegeatôn
    book 5, chapter 63: xmmboulous

    Further comments from Harold North Fowler, Commentary on Thucydides Book 5:
    book 5 (general note)
    book 5, chapter 63: ê

    Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
    600 [V. Verschränkung und Verschmelzung in der Wort- und Satzfügung.]

    Cross references from W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotus:
    9, 76, 3 [BOOK IX]

    Cross references from E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 7:
    7, 18, 1

    Cross references from T. G. Tucker, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 8:
    8, 39, 2

    Cross references from C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 4:
    4, 28
    4, 28

    Cross references from William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb:
    756 [Infinitive in Indirect Discourse.]

    Cross references from Harold North Fowler, Commentary on Thucydides Book 5:
    5, 60

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    This text is based on the following book(s):
    Thucydides. Historiae in two volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1942.


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