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καὶ οἱ κ.τ.λ. rather than οἱ δὲ, as this sentence properly forms a continuation of c. 85, thus, ὁ δ᾽ Ἀλκιβιάδης διεβεβήκει . . . καὶ οἱ ἐκ τῆς Δήλου . . . ἀφικνοῦνται. τότε viz. c. 72, § 1. ἀναδιδάξοντας The force of ἀνα- is often inappreciable in such compounds. In Plat. Rep. 381 E ἀναπειθόμεναι simply = πειθόμεναι. In 1. 32, iii. 97, the sense of getting one to change one's mind (meliora docere, alia probare) can still be extracted. The present envoys were sent διδάξοντες (c. 72, § 1). In the interval a μετάστασις has occurred, and a change of mind has now to be worked. They come ἵνα διδάσκωσι, they find there is need ἀναδιδάσκειν.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 8. T.G. Tucker. London. MacMillan & Company. 1892.
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