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27. τοῖς δέ—edd. are divided as to whether this refers to the Athenians who fell short of their reputation, or to the Lac., i.e. whether to transl. (1) ‘but in their case (the Ath.) it gradually appeared that there was a deficiency in this (viz. τοῦ τειχομαχεῖν δυνατοὺς εἶναι),’ as they did not succeed in taking Ithome; or (2) ‘whereas it was apparent to them (the Lac.) that they lacked skill in this’—so that the full form would be ὅτι（οἱ μὲν Ἀθηναῖοι) ... τοῖς δὲ（Αακεδαιμονίοις). This seems better. The reading τῆς of the Schol. is prob. only a conjecture. ἐνδεᾶ is again the plur, adj. for sing. (=ἔνδεια). Thuc. might have said τοῦτο ἐνδεὲς ἐφαίνετο in the same sense.
2. βίᾳ γάρ—for otherwise (had they been competent τειχομαχεῖν) they would have captured it by assault—and would not have had to turn the siege into a blockade. Cf. on c. 11. 1.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 1. E. C. Marchant. 1905. London. MacMillan and Company, Ltd.
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