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Meanwhile news comes to Syracuse of the arrival of the Athenians at Rhegium; and now measures for defense are pushed with zeal. ἀπὸ τῶν κατασκόπων...ἠγγέλλετο : cf. 41. § 4. πολλαχόθεν ἠγγέλλετο as 32. 14. For ἀπό, see on 28. 1. ὡς ἐπὶ τούτοις: with a view to this. For ἐπί here and 8 below, cf. 1. 65. 7; 7. 62. 14.— 4. οὐκέτι ἠπίστουν: as before, 32. § 3, 35. § 1.—ἔνθα μέν: = πρὸς μὲν τούς, i.e. τοὺς ὑπηκόους. Cf. ὅθεν 21. 11. πρὸς δὲ τούς: i.e. τοὺς αὐτονόμους. For the order, cf. 66. 6. On the matter, cf. 34. § 1.—τὰ περιπόλια: Schol. τὰ ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ φρούρια. Cf. 3. 99. 4; 7. 48. 32.— 6. τὰ ἐν τῇ πόλει: proleptic obj. of ἐσκόπουν. ὅπλων ἐξετάσει καὶ ἵππων : see on 41. 10. ὅσον οὐ παρόντι: (sc. πολέμῳ) also 1. 36. 8. For ὅσον οὐ, all but, tantum non, see on 2. 94. 6.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 6. Charles F. Smith. 1913. Boston. Ginn and Company.
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