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ἀφικομένης . . ἀγουσῶν—edd. say ἀγουσῶν must be plur. because both ships had πρέσβεις on board. Yet we find pred. in sing. applying to several subjects; I. 42, 1, IV. 31, 2, VI. 31, 1, VII. 44, 6, 58, 4. For the attraction cf. e. 72, 2. καταστάντων—sc. τῶν πρέσβεων. ξυγκείμενα—it was a defensive alliance only. πρότερον means before the convention with Athens, when Corcyra had been on good terms with the Pel., though not in alliance with any one.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 3. E.C. Marchant. London. MacMillan & Company. 1909.
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