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τῶν πρότερον ἀδικημάτων: cf. v. 81. H. regards the Aeginetans as again the aggressors, though they might justly complain of the refusal of Athens to restore the hostages.

πεντετηρίς: a quadrennial festival like the Panathenaea (ch. iii. 2, v. 56). A regatta was held off Sunium (Lys. xxi. 5), probably in honour of Poseidon (Paus. ii. 35. 1), to whom the great temple on the cape was dedicated (viii. 121 n.), while that of Athena (Paus. i. 1) lay a quarter of a mile to the north-east. For Greek boat-races cf. P. Gardner, J. H. S. ii. 90 f., 315 f., xi. 146 f.

τὴν θεωρίδα: the ship conveying the θεωροί from Athens to Sunium. Macan (App. VIII, § 5) ingeniously suggests that these captives were exchanged for the Aeginetan hostages. Both, in spite of their importance (78), disappear henceforth from view.

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