Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War

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LXIII. In the meantime the Chians commanded the sea more than before; and the Peloponnesians at Miletus and Astyochus, hearing of the sea-fight and of the departure of the squadron with Strombichides, took fresh courage. [2] Coasting along with two vessels to Chios, Astyochus took the ships from that place, and now moved with the whole fleet upon Samos, from whence, however, he sailed back to Miletus, as the Athenians did not put out against him, owing to their suspicions of one another. [3] For it was about this time, or even before, that the democracy was put down at Athens. When Pisander and the envoys returned from Tissaphernes to Samos they at once strengthened still further their interest in the army itself, and instigated the upper class in Samos to join them in establishing an oligarchy, the very form of government which a party of them had lately risen to avoid. [4] At the same time the Athenians at Samos, after a consultation among themselves, determined to let Alcibiades alone, since he refused to join them, and besides was not the man for an oligarchy; and now that they were once embarked, to see for themselves how they could best prevent the ruin of their cause, and meanwhile to sustain the war, and to contribute without stint money and all else that might be required from their own private estates, as they would henceforth labour for themselves alone.

Further comments from T. G. Tucker, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 8:
book 8 (general note)
book 8, chapter 63 (general note)
book 8, chapter 63, section 1: hoi en têi Milêtôi kai ho Astuochos puthomenos . . .
book 8, chapter 63, section 2: komizei
book 8, chapter 63, section 2: antanêgonto
book 8, chapter 63, section 3: hupo gar k.t.l. gar
book 8, chapter 63, section 3: kateleluto
book 8, chapter 63, section 3: ta t' en autôi tôi strateumati
book 8, chapter 63, section 3: bebaioteron katelabon
book 8, chapter 63, section 3: proutrepsanto k.t.l.
book 8, chapter 63, section 3: kaiper epanastantas autous allêlois
book 8, chapter 63, section 4: kan sphisin autois
book 8, chapter 63, section 4: eskepsanto . . . ean
book 8, chapter 63, section 4: ou bouletai
book 8, chapter 63, section 4: ouk epitêdeion
book 8, chapter 63, section 4: autous . . . kinduneuontas horan
book 8, chapter 63, section 4: anethêsetai
book 8, chapter 63, section 4: antechein ta tou polemou
book 8, chapter 63, section 4: talaipôrountas

Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
370 [Kongruenz des Prädikats bei mehreren Subjekten.]
370 [Kongruenz des Prädikats bei mehreren Subjekten.]

Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
476 [Bemerkungen über die Konstruktion des Acc. c. Inf.]

Cross references from E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 2:
2, 53, 3 [Commentary on Book 2]
2, 63, 3 [Commentary on Book 2]

Cross references from T. G. Tucker, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 8:
8, 63, 3
8, 74, 1
8, 81, 1
8, 79, 1
8, 73, 2
8, 90, 1
8, 48, 1
8, 48, 3
8, 81, 2
8, 86, 7

Cross references from C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 5:
5, 21

Cross references from Reginald Walter Macan, Herodotus: The Seventh, Eighth, & Ninth Books with Introduction and Commentary:
8, 111: hoi peri ton Peisandron presbeis
9, 89: autôn tôn Samiôn proutrepsanto tous dunatôtatous hôste peirasthai meta sphôn oligarchêthênai

Cross references from Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898):
peloponnesian-war [Peloponnesian War]

Cross references from Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek:
37, 481 [Adjective predicate with combined subjects of different genders. ]

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