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32.
The ships being now manned, and everything
put on board with which they meant to sail, the trumpet commanded silence,
and the prayers customary before putting out to sea were offered, not in
each ship by itself, but by all together to the voice of a herald; and bowls of wine were mixed through all the armament, and libations made
by the soldiers and their officers in gold and silver goblets.
[2]
In their prayers joined also the crowds on shore, the citizens and all
others that wished them well.
The hymn sung and the libations finished, they put out to sea, and first
sailing out in column then raced each other as far as Aegina, and so
hastened to reach Corcyra where the rest of the allied forces were also
assembling.
[3]
Meanwhile at Syracuse news came in from many
quarters of the expedition, but for a long while met with no credence
whatever.
Indeed, an assembly was held in which speeches, as will be seen, were
delivered by different orators, believing or contradicting the report of the
Athenian expedition; among whom Hermocrates, son of Hermon, came forward, being persuaded that
he knew the truth of the matter, and gave the following
counsel:—
Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War. London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton. 1910.
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- LSJ, ἅμιλλα
- LSJ, ἄλλος
- LSJ, ἔκ-πωμα
- LSJ, ἔνθα^περ
- LSJ, εἴσκειμαι
- LSJ, εὐχή
- LSJ, κέρα^ς
- LSJ, κεράνν-υ_μι
- LSJ, κρα-τήρ
- LSJ, λέγω
- LSJ, νομ-ίζω
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- LSJ, σι^ωπ-ή
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- LSJ, τελει-όω
- LSJ, ὑπό
- LSJ, ὑποσημαίνω
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