BOOK   III.

1,  I.       dpa ra airco aKpd^ovn.

Cp. note on n. 2. i.

2. I. perd be rqv ia^oXqv rcov UeXonovvqaicov evBvs Aia^os TtXtji' Mr]Qvp.V'r\^
anearq dn   ABqvaicov.

Yet in 412 Methymna, first of afi the towns of Lesbos, joined
the revolt of the afiies against Athens, viu. 22 fin. So capricious
was the popular feefing in Greek states. Cp. Arist. Pol. v. 4. 5, 6,
who gives a somewhat different account of the revolt of Mitylene.

2.   I.       (BovXqBivres pev Kal npd rov noXipov {dXX' ol AaKebaipovioi ov npoaebi^-

avro), dvayKaaBivres  be  Kal ravrr\v rr\v drrduracriv npdrepov q bievoovvro
noiqaaaBai.

Kal ravrqv rqv dndaraaiv. Although they had wanted to revolt long
before, 'yet even in this revolt,' which they actually made, as
opposed to that which they had only intended to make, ' they were
stifi unprepared.'

2. 2. rcov re yap Xipivcov rqv x^xriv Kal reixcov o'lKobopqaiv Kal vecov nolqaiv
etrepevov TcXeaOT] i^at, Kal daa iK rov Udvrov eSei d^iKea^ai, ro^dras re
Kal alrov, kol a peranepndpevoi qaav.     Tevebioi ydp k.t.X.

The first sentence-^rwi/ re ydp k.t.X.—explains why they wanted
to delay; the second, Tevibioi ydp, why they were compelled to
hurry; the second yap reverting to the main idea dvayKaaBivres be

Kal ravrqv rqv dndaraaiv npdrepov q bievoovvro noielaBai, and  the WOrds

which intervene being parenthetical.

inipevov takes  two  constructions,  a)  the  infinitive  reXeaBqvai,

b) the accusative oaa 'ibei dcpiKiaBai.

2. 3. dn lui'OiKij^oucri, re rqv Aia^ov is rqvMvnXqvqv ^icx Kal rqv napaaKevqv
dnaaav perd AaKebaipovicov Kal BoiWTWJ' luyyei/wj' ovrcov inl dnoardaei
ineiyovrai.

i)* 'They were compelling the inhabitants of Lesbos to settle ui
Mitylene.'                                                                              y