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οὔτε. There is no answering οὔτε, but the corresponding idea is given after an interruption in a different form καὶ δὴ . . . ἐρέων (§ 3, ad fin.).


ὑποδέξιος=ὑποδοχεύς (Suidas), capax, able to hold; cf. ὑπόδεξις =ὑποδοχή, Hippocr. 25. 18, and ὑποδεξίη, Il. ix. 73. The apprehension is justified, vii. 188; viii. 12.


τὸ πρόσω αἰεὶ κλεπτόμενος: either passive, ‘drawn on blindly,’ or middle, ‘stealing on further and further.’ As the army advanced further from its base, the difficulties of supply would increase; cf. Aesch. Pers. 792αὐτὴ γὰρ γῆ ξύμμαχος κείνοις πέλει” . . . | κτείνουσα λιμῷ τοὺς ὑπερπόλλους ἄγαν.


βουλευόμενος μὲν ἀρρωδέοι. Cf. Ar. Eth. vi. 9. 2; Isocr. Demon. § 34; Sall. Cat. 1 ad fin.

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