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[1] παρασκευῇ ... καὶ γνώμῃ —c. 7 and 8 are resumed by a chiasmus (see analysis of 7, 8 ).

ὥρμηντο —‘made ready for war.’ Cf. I. 32, 5.

[2] Λακ, μὲν ... Πέλ. μὲν ... ἔξω δὲ Ἀθ. δέ —the extremes and the means are contrasted, as usually with this double use of μὲν ... δέ. Πελοποννήσιοι—in the geographical sense, the dwellers in Peloponnese of whatever stock.

[οἱ ἐντὸς Ἰσθμοῦ ]—usually in Thucydides Πελοποννήσιοι means ‘the allies of Sparta.’ In c. 11 indeed, Archidamus is made to address the officers as Πελ. καὶ ξύμμαχοι, i.e. as politically connected and as comrades in arms, but, after that it is generally taken for granted that all the allies are included in the term Πελ. But before the war, Πελοποννήσιοι means ‘the inhabitants of Peloponnese,’ and only in this sense can the Argives and Achaeans be included in the term. If οἱ ἐντὸς is in the text, the P. of Peloponnese are contrasted with those P. outside it ( Πελοποννήσιοι ἔξω Πελοποννήσου), i.e. Πελ. must mean ‘the allies of Sparta,’ which is impossible.

Πελληνῆς —near Zougra. Pellene seems to have been connected politically with Sicyon (10 miles) and Phlius (14 miles) rather than with Achaea.

ἔπειτα δὲ ὕστερον —cf. III. 94, 1; IV. 102, 2; v. 61, 4. In 417 the Lacedaemonians became more closely connected with Achaea. See v. 82, 1.

ἔξω δὲ Π. —on the land side, Athens was wedged in between enemies. This both exposed her to invasion and hampered her own undertakings. It was with a view to breaking up this hostile combination that Demosthenes undertook the expedition into Aetolia in 427.

Λοκροί —the Opuntian Locrians, with the Epicnemidian, whereas the Ozolian Locrians were allies of Athens.

[3] ναυτικὸν —scarcely anything was done by S. with the fleet in the 1st year. Intr. p. LXXII.

Κορίνθιοι —for their naval operations, see c. 33, 80, 3, 83. Μεγαρῆς —c. 92. Σικυώνιοι —c. 80, 3.

Ἀμπρακιῶται —c. 80. [ παρεῖχον]— Intr. p. XXXIX.

αὕτη —the omission of μὲν here and in I. 125, 1. in both of which C inserts μέν, raises a difficulty. Elsewhere it is left out only when a participle prevents its use, as in the opening of c. 65, 72, 75. It is possible that αὕτη Λακ. ξυμμαχία is inserted wrongly from 6 below. (This omission is not similar to that noticed above, c. 7, 1.)

[4] Χῖοι, Λέσβιοι — the only islands on the Aegean then retaining the position of independent allies of Athens.

ἐν Ναυπάκτῳ —placed there by Athens at the close of the third Messenian War. See c. 27, 2.

οἱ πλείους —Astacus (c. 30 ) and Oeniadae (c. 102 ) did not join Athens.

ἄλλαι —‘and other cities (besides the αὐτόνομοι ξύμμαχοι just mentioned), namely.’

Καρία —the ἔθνη are added in the nom., in spite of the dat. preceding, because these are the four financial divisions of the πόλεις ὑποτελεῖς, so that the nominatives are as much in apposition with πόλεις as with ἔθνεσι. Καρία ... πρόσοικοι—called in the tribute lists ὁ Καρικὸς φόρος, and so Ἰωνία = ὁ Ἰωνικός, Ἑλλήσποντος = ὁ Ἑλλησπόντιος, τὰ ἐπὶ Θ. = ὁ ἐπὶ Θ. φ., νῆσοι ... Θήρας = ὁ νησιωτικὸς φ. From 436 B.C. Ionia and Caria were grouped together.

Καρσὶ πρόσοικοι —for the omission of οἱ cf. c. 85, 5. It is explained by the fact that this is an official title, Kr. Gr. Gr. 50, 2, 11.

νῆσοι...πᾶσαι αἱ ἄλλαι —for ὅσος Iimited by πλήν, cf. IV. 32, 2, and for οὶ ἄλλοι V. 27, 2.

Μήλου καὶ Θήρας —both colonized by the Dorians about the time of their settlement in Crete, circ. 1100 B.C.

[5] ναυτικὸν —this was a privilege belonging only to the independent allies. Cf. Intr. p. LXXIV. They were αὐτοτελεῖς.

[6] ξυμμαχία —abstract for concrete.

καὶ παρασκευὴ —the chapter is summarised in inverse order, as in c. 7, 8.

Commentary on Thucydides Book 2. Edgar Carew Marchant. ed. Edgar Carew Marchant. London. 1891.

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Ἱστορίαι Perseus (Thucydides. Historiae, Vol 1-2. Jones, Henry Stuart, editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1910. (1942 printing).) — 2.9.1 focus

[1] παρασκευῇ μὲν οὖν καὶ γνώμῃ τοιαύτῃ ὥρμηντο, πόλεις δὲ ἑκάτεροι τάσδε ἔχοντες ξυμμάχους ἐς τὸν πόλεμον καθίσταντο.

[2] Λακεδαιμονίων μὲν οἵδε ξύμμαχοι· Πελοποννήσιοι μὲν οἱ ἐντὸς Ἰσθμοῦ πάντες πλὴν Ἀργείων καὶ Ἀχαιῶν (τούτοις δὲ ἐς ἀμφοτέρους φιλία ἦν· Πελληνῆς δὲ Ἀχαιῶν μόνοι ξυνεπολέμουν τὸ πρῶτον, ἔπειτα δὲ ὕστερον καὶ ἅπαντες), ἔξω δὲ Πελοποννήσου Μεγαρῆς, Βοιωτοί, Λοκροί, Φωκῆς, Ἀμπρακιῶται, Λευκάδιοι, Ἀνακτόριοι.

[3] τούτων ναυτικὸν παρείχοντο Κορίνθιοι, Μεγαρῆς, Σικυώνιοι, Πελληνῆς, Ἠλεῖοι, Ἀμπρακιῶται, Λευκάδιοι, ἱππέας δὲ Βοιωτοί, Φωκῆς, Λοκροί· αἱ δ’ ἄλλαι πόλεις πεζὸν παρεῖχον. αὕτη μὲν Λακεδαιμονίων ξυμμαχία·

[4] Ἀθηναίων δὲ Χῖοι, Λέσβιοι, Πλαταιῆς, Μεσσήνιοι οἱ ἐν Ναυπάκτῳ, Ἀκαρνάνων οἱ πλείους, Κερκυραῖοι, Ζακύνθιοι, καὶ ἄλλαι πόλεις αἱ ὑποτελεῖς οὖσαι ἐν ἔθνεσι τοσοῖσδε, Καρία ἡ ἐπὶ θαλάσσῃ, Δωριῆς Καρσὶ πρόσοικοι, Ἰωνία, Ἑλλήσποντος, τὰ ἐπὶ Θρᾴκης, νῆσοι ὅσαι ἐντὸς Πελοποννήσου καὶ Κρήτης πρὸς ἥλιον ἀνίσχοντα, πᾶσαι αἱ Κυκλάδες πλὴν Μήλου καὶ Θήρας.

[5] τούτων ναυτικὸν παρείχοντο Χῖοι, Λέσβιοι, Κερκυραῖοι, οἱ δ’ ἄλλοι πεζὸν καὶ χρήματα.

[6] ξυμμαχία μὲν αὕτη ἑκατέρων καὶ παρασκευὴ ἐς τὸν πόλεμον ἦν.

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The History of the Grecian War Perseus (Thucydides. The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. Hobbes, Thomas. translator. London: John Bohn, 1843.) — 2.9.1 focus

[1] But the confederates of either party, which they had when they began it, were these.

[2] The Lacedaemonians had all Peloponnesus within the isthmus except the Argives and Achaeans (for these were in amity with both, save that the Pellenians at first, only of all Achaia, took their part; but afterwards all the rest did so likewise); and without Peloponnesus, the Megareans, Locrians, Boeotians, Phoceans, Ambraciotes, Leucadians, and Anactorians. Of which the Corinthians, Megareans, Sicyonians, Pellenians, Eleians, Ambraciotes, and Leucadians found shipping;

[3] the Boeotians, Phoceans, and Locrians, horsemen; and the rest of the cities, footmen. And these were the confederates of the Lacedaemonians. The Athenian confederates were these:

[4] the Chians, Lesbians, Plataeans, the Messenians in Naupactus, most of the Acarnanians, Corcyraeans, Zacynthians, and other cities their tributaries among those nations; also that part of Caria which is on the seacoast and the Dorians adjoining to them; Ionia, Hellespont, the cities bordering on Thrace; all the islands from Peloponnesus to Crete on the east and all the rest of the Cyclades except Melos and Thera.

[5] Of these the Chians, Lesbians, and Corcyraeans found galleys; the rest, footmen and money.

[6] These were their confederates and the preparation for the war on both sides.

History of the Peloponnesian War Perseus (Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Crawley, Richard, translator. London and Toronto: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd.; New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1914.) — 2.9.1 focus

[1] Such were the preparations and such the feelings with which the contest opened.
The allies of the two belligerents were the following.

[2] These were the allies of Lacedaemon : all the Peloponnesians within the Isthmus except the Argives and Achaeans, who were neutral; Pellene being the only Achaean city that first joined in the war, though her example was afterwards followed by the rest. Outside Peloponnese the Megarians, Locrians, Boeotians, Phocians, Ambraciots, Leucadians, and Anactorians.

[3] Of these, ships were furnished by the Corinthians, Megarians, Sycyonians, Pellenians, Eleans, Ambraciots, and Leucadians; and cavalry by the Boeotians, Phocians, and Locrians. The other states sent infantry. This was the Lacedaemonian confederacy.

[4] That of Athens comprised the Chians, Lesbians, Plateans, the Messenians in Naupactus , most of the Acarnanians, the Corcyraeans, Zacynthians, and some tributary cities in the following countries, viz., Caria upon the sea with her Dorian neighbors, Ionia , the Hellespont , the Thracian towns, the islands lying between Peloponnese and Crete towards the east, and all the Cyclades except Melos and Thera .

[5] Of these, ships were furnished by Chios , Lesbos , and Corcyra , infantry and money by the rest.

[6] Such were the allies of either party and their resources for the war.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 2.9 focus

Es standen aber beide Staaten mit folgender
Bundesgenossenschast zum Kampfe bereit. Helfer der Lakedämonier waren einmal
die Peloponnesier jenseits der Landenge insgesammt, ausgenommen
die Argiver und Achaier^), denn die lebten mit beiden Theilen im ¹²³
Frieden. Doch nahmen von den Achaiern die Pellenäer gleich
Anfangs Theil am Kampf, und späterhin auch alle andern. Außerhalb
des Peloponnes die Megarenser, Lokrer^), Böotier, Pholeer,
Amprakioten, Leukadier, Anaktorier. Von diesen stellten Schiffe die
Korn:ther, Megarenser, Sikyonier, Pellenäer, Eleer, Amprakioten und
Leukadier, Reiterei die Böotier, Phokeer und Lokrer, die Uebrigen Fußvolk.
Das war die Bundesgenossenschaft der Lakedämonier. Beiden
Athenern aber standen die Chier, Lesbier, Platäer, die Messenier von
Naupaktos, die Meisten der Akarnaner, die Kerkyräer, die Zakynthier
und die andern Städte, die ihnen unter den nachgenannten
Völkerschaften zinsbar waren: nämlich von Karien die ganze Seeküste, die
Dorier, die an Karien gränzen, Jonien, der Hellespont, die
Landschaften, die an Thrakien stoßen, alle Inseln ostwärts inner dem Peloponnes
und Kreta, alle andern Kykladischen Inseln außer Melos und Thera.
Von diesen stellten Schiffe die Einer, Lesbier und Kerkyräer, die
Uebrigen Fnßtruppen und Geld. — Dies war beider Theile
Bundesgenofsenschaft und Kriegsrüstung.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Braun, Theodor, translator. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1917.) — 2.9 focus

Mit solchen Rüstungen und Gesinnungen ging man in den
Krieg. Bei Ausbruch des Krieges hatten beide Mächte folgende
Bundesgenossen: Auf seiten der Lakedämonier waren sämtliche
Peloponnesier innerhalb des Isthmus, mit Ausnahme der Argeier
und der Achäer, die mit beiden in Frieden lebten. Nur die
Pellener unter den Achäern nahmen gleich anfangs am Kriege
teil, später dann aber auch alle übrigen. Außerhalb deS Pelo
ponnes die Megarer, Phokier, Lokrer, Böotier, Amprakier,
Leukadier und Anaktorier. Von diesen stellten die Korinther,
Megarer, Sikyoner, Pellener, Eleer, Amprakier und Leukadier
Schiffe, die Böotier, Phokier und Lokrer Reiterei, die übrigen
Staaten Fußvolk. Das waren die Bundesgenossen der Lake
dämonier. Auf seiten der Athener waren die Chier, Lesbier
Platäer, die Messenier in Naupaktos, die meisten Akarnanier,
die Kerkyräer, die Zakynther und die ihnen in den vershciedenen
Ländern steuerplfichtigen Orte, das karische Küstenland, die
Dorier an der karischen Grenze, Jonien, Hellespont, das thra
kische Küstenland, die Inseln im Osten des Peloponnes bis
Kreta und alle übrigen Kykladen außer Melos und Thera.
Von diesen stellten die Chier, Lesbier und Kerkyräer Schiffe,
die übrigen stellten Fußvolk und zahlten Geld. Das waren
die Bundesgenossen und Kräfte, welche beiden Teilen für den
Krieg zu Gebote tsanden.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 2.9 focus

IX. Voici les alliés qu’avait chacun des deux partis au début des hostilités : du côté des Lacédémoniens étaient tous les peuples du Péloponnèse en deçà de l'isthme, excepté les Argiens et les Achéens qui avaient des relations d’amitié avec les deux nations rivales. Seuls parmi les Achéens, les habitants de Pellène¹ prirent tout d’abord parti pour les Lacédémoniens ; tous les autres les imitèrent ensuite ; en dehors du Péloponnèse, les Mégariens, les Phocéens, les Locriens, les Béotiens, les Ambraciotes, les Leucadiens, les Anactoriens. Ceux qui fournirent des vaisseaux furent les Corinthiens, les Mégariens, les Sicyoniens, les habitants de Pellène, d’Élée, d’Ambracie et de Leucade. Les Béotiens, les Phocéens, les Locriens² envoyèrent de la cavalerie , les autres villes de l’infanterie. Tels étaient les alliés des Lacédémoniens.

Ceux d’Athènes étaient Chio, Lesbos, Platée, les Messéniens de Naupacte, la plus grande partie des Acarnanes, les Corcyréens, les Zacynthiens, et un grand nombre d’autres villes qui leur payaient tribut dans une foule de contrées : ainsi la Carie maritime, les Doriens limitrophes de la Carie, l’Ionie, l’Hellespont, la presqu’ile de Thrace, toutes les îles situées à l’orient entre le Péloponnèse et la Crète, toutes les autres Cyclades, à l’exception seulement de Mélos et de Théra. Chio, Lesbos et Corcyre fournissaient des navires, les autres de l’infanterie et de l’argent. Tels étaient les alliés des deux partis et les ressources dont ils disposaient pour la guerre.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 2.9 focus

Ce fut avec ces préparatifs et dans ces sentiments que la guerre fut commencée. Il me reste à faire connaître quels étaient dans l’origine les alliés des deux partis.

Les Lacédémoniens avaient pour eux tous les peuples du Péloponèse situés en deçà de l’Isthme, hormis les Argiens et les Achéens qui gardaient la neutralité. Les Pelléniens¹ furent les seuls de l’Achaïe qui prirent tout d’abord le parti de Lacédémone ; plus tard leur exemple fut suivi par le reste des Achéens. En dehors du Péloponèse, les Mégariens, les Phocéens, les Locriens, les Béotiens, les Ambraciotes, les Leuca-diens, les Anactoriens. Parmi ces peuples, les Corinthiens, les Mégariens, les Sicyoniens, les Pelléniens, les Éléens, les Ambraciotes et les Leucadiens fournissaient des vaisseaux; les Béotiens, les Phocéens et les Locriens, de la cavalerie; les autres de l’infanterie.

Les alliés des Athéniens étaient Chios, Lesbos, Platée, les Messéniens de Naupacte, la majeure partie des Acarnaniens, Corcyre, Zacynthe; à quoi il faut ajouter les villes tributaires situées en divers pays, savoir la Carie maritime, la Doride voisine de la Carie, l’Ionie, l’Hellespont, le littoral de la Thrace, toutes les îles situées à l’orient entre le Péloponèse et la Crète, le reste des Cyclades, excepté Mélos et Théra². Dans ce nombre, Chios, Lesbos et Corcyre fournissaient des vaisseaux; les autres, de l’infanterie et de l’argent.

Tels étaient les alliés et les ressources des deux partis au début de la guerre³.

History of the Peloponnesian War First1KGreek (Thucydides, Vol. 1-4. Smith, Charles Foster, translator. London and Cambridge, MA: Heinemann and Harvard University Press, 1919-1923.) — 2.9.1 focus

[1] Such were the preparations and such the feelings with which the Hellenes went into the conflict. And the states which each side had as its allies when it entered the war were as follows.

[2] These were the allies of the Lacedaemonians: all the Peloponnesians south of the Isthmus with the exception of the Argives and Achaeans (these latter had friendly relations with both sides, and the Pellenians were the only Achaeans who at first took part in the war with the Lacedaemonians, though eventually all of them did), and outside of the Peloponnesus the Megarians, Boeotians, Locrians, Phocians, Ambraciots, Leucadians, and Anactorians.

[3] Of these, the Corinthians, Megarians, Sicyonians, Pellenians, Eleans, Ambraciots, and Leucadians furnished ships, while cavalry was contributed by the Boeotians, Phocians, and Locrians, and infantry by the other states.

[4] These were the allies of the Lacedaemonians. Those of the Athenians were: the Chians, Lesbians, Plataeans, the Messenians of Naupactus, most of the Acarnanians, the Corcyraeans, the Zacynthians, and in addition the cities which were tributary in the following countries: the seaboard of Caria, the Dorians adjacent to the Carians, Ionia, the Hellespont, the districts on the coast of Thrace, and the islands which lie between the Peloponnesus and Crete toward the east, with the exception of Melos and Thera.

[5] Of these, the Chians, Lesbians, and Corcyraeans furnished ships, the rest infantry and money.

[6] Such were the allies of each side and the preparations they made for the war.

History of the Peloponnesian War First1KGreek (Thucydides. The history of the Peloponnesian War, Volume 1-2. Dale, Henry, translator. London: Heinemann and Henry G. Bohn, 1851-1852.) — 2.9.1 focus

[1] Each party had the following states in alliance when they set to the war. The allies of the Lacedaemonians were these:

[2] all the Peloponnesians within the Isthmus, except the Argives and Achaeans (these were in friendship with both parties; and the Pellenians were the only people of the Achaeans that joined in the war at first, though afterwards all of them did); and without the Peloponnese, the Megareans, Locrians, Boeotians, Phocians, Ambraciots, Leucadians, and Anactorians.

[3] Of these, the states which furnished a navy were the Corinthians, Megareans, Sicyonians, Pellenians, Eleans, Ambraciots, and Leucadians. Those that supplied cavalry were the Boeotians, Phocians, and Locrians. The rest of them sent infantry. This then was the Lacedaemonian confederacy.

[4] That of the Athenians comprehended the Chians, Lesbians, Plataeans, the Messenians at Naupactus, the greater part of the Acarnanians, the Corcyreans, the Zacynthians: also some other states which were tributary amongst the following nations; as the maritime parts of Caria, and Doris adjacent to it, Ionia, the Hellespont, the Greek towns Thrace-ward; the islands, which were situated between the Peloponnese and Crete, towards the east, ¹ and all the rest of the Cyclades except Melos and Thera.

[5] Of these, the Chians, Lesbians, and Corcyraeans furnished a naval force, the rest of them infantry and money.

[6] Such was the confederacy on each side, and their resources for the war.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 2.9.1 focus

[1] Hoc igitur apparatu atque his animis ad bellum· utrique concitati ferebantur; civitates autem utrisque ha: sociae erant, quum bellum gerere coeperunt.

[2] Lacedaemoniorum fuere socii omnes Peloponnesii, qui sunt intra Isthmum, praeter Argivos, et Achaeos; (his enim amicitia cum utrisque intercedebat; primo autem soli ex Achaeis Pellenenses in bello gerendo aderant, deinde postea et ceteri omnes); extra Peloponnesum autem Megarenses, Pho censes, Locri, Boeoti, Ampraciotae, Leucadii, Anactorii.

[3] Ex his Corinthii, Megarenses, Sicyonii, Pellenenses, Elei, Ampraciotae, Leucadii praebebant classem; equitatum Boeoti, Phocenses, Locri; ceterae vero civitates peditatum praebebant. Atque hi quidem erant Lacedaemoniorum socii.

[4] Atheniensium vero Chii, Lesbii, Plataeenses, Messenii, qui Naupactum incolebant, Acarnanum plerique, Corcyraei, Zacynthii, et aliae civitates, quae inter tot nationes erant’ vectigales: Caria, quae ad mare est sita, Dorienses Caribus finitimi, Ionia, Hellespontus, Thraciae urbes, et insularum quotquot intra Peleponnesum et Cietam ad solem orientem vergunt, et ceterae omnes Cyclades exceptis Melo et Thera.

[5] Ex his naves praebebant Chii, Lesbii, Corcyraei; ceteri, vero peditatum et pecunias.

[6] Atque hi erant utrorumque socii et apparatus ad bellum.

Vier Staatsreden aus Thucydides First1KGreek (Thucydides. Vier Staatsreden aus Thucydides. Gürsching, Heinrich, translator. Augsburg: Wirth, 1856.) — 2.35.1 focus

[1] Wenn es bisher bei den Rednern an dieser Stätte fast allgemeiner Brauch geworden, den Mann zu rühmen, der mit der Bestattung diese Rede verband, weil an dem Grabe gefallener Krieger ein ehrendes Wort sich zieme, so würde ich es für hinreichend gehalten haben, dass man Helden der That mit einer festlichen Handlung ehre, — wie das denn der Staat durch die Bestattung gethan hat, deren Zeugen ihr so eben gewesen — und würde die Verherrlichung so vieler Männer nicht einem Einzelnen und der zufälligen Wirkung seines Vortrags anheimgegeben haben.

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 2.9 focus

Or le due parti si misero in guerra avendo confederate queste città. Dei Lacedemoni erano alleati tutti i Peloponnesi dentro dell’ istmo, eccetto gli Argivi e gli Achei che erano in amiciria con entrambi : nondimeno gli Achei unirono poscia le loro armi con Sparta ; in principio solamente quei di Pailene , quindi tutti gli altri. Fuori del Peloponneso poi, i Megaresi, i Locrii, i Beozii, i Focesi, li Ambracioti, i Leucadii, gli Anattorii. Tra questi somministravano la flotta i Corintii, iMegaresi, i Sicìonii, i Pelleni, gli Elei, gli Ambracioti, i Leucadii ; la cavalleria i Beozii, i Focosi, i Locrii : le altre città davano la fanteria. Questi erano i confederati dei Lacedemoni. Degli Ateniesi lo erano i Chii, i Lesbii, i Plateesi, i Messemi di Naupatto, la maggior parte degli Acarnani, i Corfuotti, li Zacintii, ed altre molte città che tra tanti popoli erano loro tributarie ; la Caria marittima, i Dorii confinanti co’Cani, l’Ionia, l'Ellesponto, le città di Tracia , tutte l' isole che infra il Peloponneso e Creta guardano a levante , e tutte le altre Gcladi salvo Melo e Tera. Fra questi somministravano la flotta i Chii, i Lesbii ed i Corfuotti ; gli altri fanteria e denaro. Tale era da ambe le parti lo stato dell’ alleanza e l’apparecchio per la guerra.

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