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τοῦτο μέν: taken up again with its antithesis, ch. 25. 1; cf. iv. 76. 1, with 78. 1.

προσπταισάντων. For the facts cf. vi. 44 f.

ἐνθεῦτεν ... ὁρμώμενοι: cf. v. 94. 2. At Elaeus, close to the southern point of the Thracian Chersonese, the fleet was left commanding the Hellespont; thence were brought materials for the work and supplies for the men landed on Athos (cf. ch. 23. 4).

ὑπὸ μαστίγων. The use of the whip was repulsive to the free Greek. It is, however, well attested for the Assyrians (Layard. Nineveh and Babylon, 110-13), the Persians (ch. 56. 1, 223. 2; cf. 103. 4 and especially Xen. Anab. iii. 4, § 25), and the modern Turks.

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