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210 GOYKYAIAOY SYTTPA^tt'S, B.made him cTTparijybs aiTOKpdrwp. &v ... f\^y*^—cf. Eur. Hec.1256 Traidbs dXyeri', a poetical construction. Supply ravra,accus. of respect, to afx^Xirepoi, and to vXelarov i^iov. A^ufx-iracra—the state is contrasted with the individuals orwhich it consists. Cf. c. 7, 2. ^iixvaaa ij would contrast thewhole with part of the city.66, 5. "Oo-ov T€ ... ivil n— i.e. throughout his administration,both before and after the outbreak of war. For re ... t«,cf. c. 22, 1, 64, 2, 6. irpovoTTj— Pericles had beendecidedly the first man in Athens since the ostracism ofThucydides, son of Melesias, in 444 B.c. ^ ""^ *^i*^^— i.e. the Thirty Years' peace of 445 B.C. (So Bloomfielarightly ; for the period 458-445 was regarded as trdXefios,Andoc. 3, 6 ; Aeschin. 2, 174. Pericles' decisive appearancedates from B.C. 468, but as irSXefios below cannot include B,c.458-445, elp-^vT) cannot include 468-458.) SuvXa|fv—theaor. gives the result of his policy. Cf. c. 49, 5. Andocidesand Aeschines dilate on the advantages gained by Athensduring the peace. ^€>/l(rTr]—attributes the greatness ofAthens, on which Pericles so often insisted, to Pericles himself.Andoc. and Aesch. wrongly assign the creation of thereserve fund (c. 24) to the period of the peace. Andoc.,being a consummate liar, probably did this on purpose, andmisled Aesch. and puzzled some modern historians. 6 8icf. c. 46, 1. M. T. 564. 8vva|Aiv—sc. t^s irdXeus. Cf. 13below. Unfortunately Pericles failed to notice two sources ofweakness: (1) the growing discontent of the allies, (2) thelack of rising politicians who would carry on his policy afterhis death.66, 6. 'BrrcpCci)—' lived beyond ' the beginning of the war.8. Itt) koX ja. 85—Intr. p. xvii. h/vua^—here follows adefence of Pericles' war policy. The proofs offered of hiswisdom are (1) the reversal of his policy led to disaster, (2) inspite of that reversal, Athens held out against great oddsuntil ruined by internal dissensions. This may prove thathis policy was good, but Thuc. goes too far in 13 when heimplies that Athens would certainly have succeeded if Pericles'advice had been followed. i\ irp6voia ... is—cf. c. 64, 6,and for the order, c. 62, 1.66, 7. 'Ho-^x^SovTas i.e. they were to adopt the policy ofwearing out Sparta, and not to attempt to bring the war to anend by a few battles. vavriKiv Ocpairfvovrcs—the objectof Athens was to obtain the recognition of her maritimesupremacy, as it existed in 431. ftpX^" V-^ imKTwjUvousnot to attempt conquests while the war lasted. t^ ir