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προσέμειξε . . . ἐγγὺς. Cf. iv. 93, ἐπειδὴ προσέμειξεν ἐγγὺς τοῦ στρατεύματος αὐτῶν. τὰ ἔνδοθεν κ.τ.λ. i.e. there was no sign of mutiny. τῶν ὁπλιτῶν καὶ ψιλῶν κ τ.λ. The one article collects these various infantry contingents as against the cavalry. ψιλοὶ properly include τοξόται, and καὶ τοξοτῶν = ‘including bowmen.’ P-S compares iv. 36. οὕτω δὴ γνοὺς ‘having found out (the state of things = his mistake).’ Cf. c. 75, § 1, διδαχθέντες, ‘having been taught (better).’
Commentary on Thucydides Book 8. T.G. Tucker. London. MacMillan & Company. 1892.
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