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τὴν βουλήν. This council which decides the foreign policy of Argos cannot well be the later democratic βουλή (cf. Thuc. v. 47), but must be some smaller, more aristocratic body, perhaps the mysterious ‘eighty’ mentioned by Thucydides (l. c.).

ἀνδρωθέωσι: the plea is specious if the defeat occurred within fifteen years (494 B. C.), hardly intelligible if it be placed thirty-five years before (before 515 B. C.).

ἐπιλέγεσθαι depends on λέγουσι: it is followed by μή because it implies fear lest; cf. iii. 65. 3.

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