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7. οὐκ ἀξιοῖ—asks him not to ...
8. Ἀθηναίων δεομένῳ—Them. must have opposed a request from Admetus for Athenian help.
9. καὶ γὰρ ἂν κτλ.—for at the present time I might be ill-treated by one far weaker than you (ἐκείνου=ἢ ἐκεῖνος, depending on ἀσθενεστέρου); but it is generous (like a gentleman) to take vengeance on equals (not on inferiors) and when equal to them (and not stronger). This curious form of appeal must be the invention of Thuc.; and we may doubt whether it would have moved such a king.
13. χρείας τινός—in reference to, the gen. of separation parallel to ἐς τὸ ς. σῴζεσθαι.
ἐς τὸ σῶμα σῴζεσθαι—lit. with reference to preserving his life, i.e. in a matter of life and death. σῴζεσθαι is mid. Recent edd. take τό with σῴζεσθαι: but it is possible Poppo was right in supposing that in cases like the present the single article does double duty. Cf. Plat. Gorg. p. 489 C μηδενὸς ἄξιοι πλὴν ἴσως τῷ σώματι ἰσχυρίσασθαι. Note that ψυχή below, coriesponding to σῶμα, has the article.
16. ἀποστερῆσαι ἄν—would withhold; this is the proper sense of ἀποστερεῖν, and hence σωτηρίας is required.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 1. E. C. Marchant. 1905. London. MacMillan and Company, Ltd.
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