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59. The Athenians, when the thirty ships arrived in Chalcidicè, found that Potidaea and the1 other cities had already revolted. [2] Whereupon the generals, thinking that they were not able without a stronger force to act against all the rebels as well as against Perdiccas, directed their attention to Macedonia, which was their original destination, and there carried on a regular campaign in concert with Philip and the brothers of Derdas, who had invaded the country from the interior.

1 The Athenians under Archestratus arrive in Chalcidicè. They first attack Macedonia.

Thucydides translated into English; with introduction, marginal analysis, notes, and indices. Volume 1. Thucydides. Benjamin Jowett. translator. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1881.

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  • Commentary references to this page (11):
    • E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 2, 2.56
    • E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 6, 6.46
    • E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 7, 7.35
    • C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 4, CHAPTER I
    • C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 5, 5.4
    • Harold North Fowler, Commentary on Thucydides Book 5, 5.14
    • Harold North Fowler, Commentary on Thucydides Book 5, 5.4
    • Harold North Fowler, Commentary on Thucydides Book 5, 5.59
    • Charles D. Morris, Commentary on Thucydides Book 1, Speech of the Corinthian envoys. Chaps. 120-124.
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides Book 7, 7.30
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides Book 7, 7.73
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    • Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, THE PARTICIPLE
    • Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 3.5.3
    • William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb, Chapter VI
    • Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, Tenses
    • Smith's Bio, Derdas
    • Smith's Bio, Perdiccas Ii.
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    • Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Thuc. 2.58
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