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τηνικαῦτα: during Pisistratus' first tyranny (i. 64), while Croesus still reigned (ch. 37), i. e. circ. 558 B. C.

ἐδυνάστευε. In H. a vague term applied to a powerful city (v. 97. 1) or to prominent individuals (39. 2), even if they were subjects of a tyrant. The technical sense of δυναστεία, narrow and despotic oligarchy (Thuc. iii. 62, iv. 78; Ar. Pol. 1293 a 31), belongs to a more advanced political science.

τεθριπποτρόφου: a sign of wealth (chs. 36, 103, 122, v. 77. 2 n.; Arist. Nub. 13 f.).

Pausanias (i. 35. 2) makes Philaeus the son of Eurysaces, the only son of Ajax recognized by Sophocles, but Plutarch (Solon 10), with Herodotus, Hellanicus, and Pherecydes, regards him as the son of Ajax. Further, he makes the brothers, Philaeus and Eurysaces, surrender Salamis to Athens, Philaeus settling in Brauron, where the deme Philaidae lay.

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