Edgar Carew Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 7, 7.1.2

[2] καὶ ἔδοξεν —cf. VIII. 8 ἐβουλεύοντο, καὶ ἔδοξε πρῶτον ἐς Χῖον πλεῖν αὐτοῖς.

ὅμως —in spite of his previous indifference; VI. 104 ὑπερεῖδε τὸ πλῆθος . . . καὶ οὐδεμίαν φυλακήν πω ἐποιεῖτο.

ἃς . . . ἀπέστειλε —aor. for plup. in dependent clause, as constantly.

πυνθανόμενος . . . εἶναι —generally πυνθάνομαι and αἰσθάνομαι take the partic.

φυλακὴν —concrete, as in φυλακὰς καθίστασθαι II. 24 .

περαιοῦνται διὰ —cf. I. 107 διὰ τοῦ κόλπου περαιοῦσθαι. The accus. is the ordinary constr.

τοῦ πορθμοῦ — IV. 24 ἔστι δὲ ὁ πορθμὸς ἡ μεταξὺ Ῥηγίου θἀλασσα καὶ Μεσσήνης.

σχόντες Ῥηγίῳ — σχεῖν is also constructed with ἐς and κατά. (Bekker Anecd. I. 173 σχών, δοτικῇ· Θουκυδίδης ἑβδόμῳ.)

Μεσσήνῃ —its older name was Zancle, from Sicel Danklon, a reaping-hook, = ἀγκών .

Edgar Carew Marchant Commentary on Thucydides: Book 7 7.1.2