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The Athenians brought on the war by helping the Ionians (v. 97 f.) when the Spartans had refused. The Spartan conveniently forgets the message to Cyrus (i. 152) and the outrage on the herald (vii. 133).

περὶ τῆς ὑμετέρης ἀρχῆς: MSS. Such a reference to the Athenian Empire is too naïve an anachronism, nor is it supported by the praise of Athens as a liberator (Blakesley, Rawlinson), for this refers to the Epigoni and the Heracleids in the mythical age, as is shown by τὸ πάλαι (§ 3), cf. ix. 27. Hence ἀρχῆθεν (cf. ch. 22. 2 ad fin.) must be read.

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