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ὑποθήκη: the suggestion; 6. 52, 1. 156, 211. οὐδὲν πρὸς ταῦτα ἀμειψάμενος: not even, for example, that he had pointed all that out already. The arguments were irrefutable, and obvious. The remark has a somewhat unfavourable suggestion about it, as of an incriminating silence! See below.
ἤιε: afoot, or in a boat? It is not quite clear. As just below he asks Eurybiades ἐκ τῆς νεὸς ἐκβῆναι, Eurybiades was on board, and his ship presumably in the water. Moreover, the strategoi in o. 56 supra have not to launch their galleys. It seems more probable that the ships were all afloat. In c. 83 infra Themistokles addresses a σύλλογον τῶν ἐπιβατέων on land; but that would not show that the ships were not in the water.
κοινόν: of public concern; e re publica. συμμεῖξαι, in the sense ‘to communicate,’ is observable.
παριζόμενος: was Eurybiades abed? καταλέγει ἐκεῖνά τε ... καὶ προστιθείς looks a little irregular. But the sentence here is complete without προστιθείς, which is ‘epexegetical.’ So too τάξαντες in 9. 10 infra. 1. 8 is more remarkable. ἐκεῖνά τε πάντα: there had not been so many points; practically but one.
ἑωυτοῦ ποιεύμενος enforces the unfavourable insinuation above conveyed in οὐδὲν ἀμειψάμενος, more explicitly. ἄλλα πολλά: perhaps arguments —if so, what? Perhaps only entreaties, prayers, etc. (χρηίζων). In either case the phrase should not be held to cancel the insinuations to Themistokles' discredit, albeit somewhat weakening them. Once started on this line—by Mnesiphilos—he can find further pleas of himself, till finally, at the ensuing council, he makes a really powerful speech!
τὸ συνέδριον: evidently held on land, but not necessarily sub Iove frigido.
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