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μέγα—pred. Cf. Demosth. 2, 8. διελόντες—the wooden face of the Spartan χῶμα sloped towards the wall of Plataea, so as to touch it at the ground; hence προσέπιπτε. ᾔρετο ... καὶ ἀντανῄει—parataxis, expressing well the simultaneous advance of wall and mound.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 2. E.C. Marchant. London. MacMillan & Company. 1891.
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