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Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War

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XXVII. In the midst of these preparations all the stone Hermae in the city of Athens, that is to say the customary square figures so common in the doorways of private houses and temples, had in one night most of them their faces mutilated. [2] No one knew who had done it, but large public rewards were offered to find the authors; and it was further voted that any one who knew of any other act of impiety having been committed should come and give information without fear of consequences, whether he were citizen, alien, or slave. [3] The matter was taken up the more seriously, as it was thought to be ominous for the expedition, and part of a conspiracy to bring about a revolution and to upset the democracy.

There are a total of 20 comments on and cross references to this page.

Further comments from Charles Forster Smith, Commentary on Thucydides Book 6:
book 6 (general note)
book 6, chapter 27: en paraskeuêi êsan
book 6, chapter 27: en toutôi
book 6, chapter 27: hosoi Ermai êsan lithinoi
book 6, chapter 27: kata to epichôrion
book 6, chapter 27: hê tetragônos ergasia
book 6, chapter 27: hoi pleistoi
book 6, chapter 27: megalois mênutrois
book 6, chapter 27: ei tis...oiden
book 6, chapter 27: meizonôs elambanon
book 6, chapter 27: oiônos
book 6, chapter 27: epi xunômosiai

Cross references from Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges:
1542 [LOCATIVE DATIVE]

Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
426 [Der Dativ als Vertreter des Lokativs.]

Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
497 [Lehre von dem Adverb.]
540 [Komparatives ê, als.]

Cross references from W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotus:
2, 51, 1 [BOOK II]

Cross references from E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 2:
2, 53, 3 [Commentary on Book 2]

Cross references from C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 5:
5, 76

Cross references from Perseus Sculpture Catalog:
Athens, Agora S 2452 [Athens, Agora S 2452]

Cross references from Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898):
pisander [Pisander]

Cross references from Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek:
46 [Plural of Proper Nouns:]

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This text is based on the following book(s):
Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War. London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton. 1910.