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4. Perhaps "also" refers to the case of those who had come toThermopylai, cp. vii. 207. Others translate, "these Hellenes whohad come /after all/ to Artemision," i.e. after all the doubt anddelay.5. {pantes}: some MSS. have {plegentes}, which is adopted by mostEditors, "smitten by bribes."6. {dethen}, with ironical sense.7. {mede purphoron}: the {purphoros} had charge of the fire broughtfor sacrifices from the altar of Zeus Agetor at Sparta, andordinarily his person would be regarded as sacred; hence theproverb {oude purphoros esothe}, used of an utter defeat.8. {tou diekploou}.9. {kata stoma}.10. {sklerai brontai}: the adjective means "harsh-sounding."11. {akhari}.12. {ta Koila tes Euboies}.13. "having been roughly handled."14. {epi ten thalassan tauten}: some MSS. read {taute} for {tauten},which is to be taken with {sullexas}, "he assembled the generalsthere."15. {peripetea epoiesanto sphisi autoisi ta pregmata}.16. {paleseie}, a word which does not occur elsewhere, and isexplained by Hesychius as equivalent to {diaphtharein}. Variousemendations have been proposed, and Valla seems to have had thereading {apelaseie}, for he says /discessisset/. Stein explains{paleseie} (as from {pale}) "should contend."17. Some suppose the number "four thousand" is interpolated bymisunderstanding of the inscription in vii. 228; and it seemshardly possible that the dead were so many as four thousand,unless at least half were Helots.18. Some MSS. have "Tritantaichmes," which is adopted by many Editors.