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yi^''NOTEa 165line between the Athenians and Megai-a was carefully defined.Athens lost her influence there by the peace of 421, whenMlnoaand Nisaea were restored to Megara. Mrydpois i.e.the district of Megara, as with Eleosis c. 19.31, 2. 'Ey^vcto—of a sum total, as c. IS, 3. \i.vplt»v—with the 3000 hoplites at Potidaea, the total becomes 13,000,as mentioned in c. 13. Phormio, who had been sent with1600 more to Potidaea, must have returned already to Athens,though, as often in Thuc, this fact is only referred to incidentallyand later. See c. 68. 2. 8(wXos—so c. 34, 8, 83, 4,65, 4. Outside Thuc. it is found only in Herod., Tragedyand late authors, as Dion. Hal. , Plutarch, Lucian.31, 3. Kal &XXai—the result was a sore famine in Megara.33. 'AToXdvTTi—in 426 B.C. part of the island disappearedin an earthquake when it was occupied by the Athenians,^povpiov — predicate. t| hrX AoKpots i*l = ad oram sita.So III. 80, 3. 'OirovvTos— see c. O, 2.33, 1. 'EiriKovpovs—specially used of mercenaries andtyrants' body-guards. Xpv