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A Commentary on Herodotus
By W. W. How




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BOOK I

BOOK II

BOOK III

BOOK IV

BOOK V

BOOK VI

BOOK VII

BOOK VIII

BOOK IX


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BOOK VII

 

Ch. 237 [sect. 2]

th=| sigh=|: often taken as secretly; it should, however, mean shows his enmity by his silence (where he should warn and dissuade), and when his fellow citizen asks for advice does not give him of his best.

e)o/ntos e)moi\ cei/nou. The genitive is used, not the accusative in apposition, to show that a reason for the command is given; cf. iv. 97. 6.