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91. {ippoboteon}, lit. "horse-breeding": see v. 77.91a. Or (according to some MSS.), "having come to shore at theseplaces."92. {katergontes}: the word is not elsewhere found intransitive, yetit is rather difficult to supply {tous Athenaious}. Somealterations have been proposed, but none probable.93. Lit. "and it happened that in winning this victory he won the samevictory as his half-brother Miltiades." See ch. 36.94. Or, according to some authorities, "Philippides."95. Lit. "except the circle were full."96. Or "Aigileia."97. Lit. "by violence, having coughed."98. "by the bean."99. {es se toi}, a conjectural emendation of {es se ti}.100. {prutaneie tes emeres}.101. Some Editors propose to omit {gar} or alter it. If it be allowedto stand, the meaning must be that the importance of the place istestified by the commemoration mentioned.102. {es tas panegurias}, some MSS. have {kai panegurias}, "holdsacrifices and solemn assemblies."103. {penteterisi}.104. Lit. "the good things."105. {stadioi}: the distance would be rather over 1600 yards.106. Whether this is thrown in here by the historian as an explanationof the rapid advance, or as an additional source of wonder on thepart of the Persians at the boldness of the Athenians, is notclear.107. Or (according to some MSS.) "having taken hold."

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