Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, BOOK III, chapter 8

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8. The envoys whom the Mytilenaeans had sent out in their first vessel were told by the Lacedaemonians¹ to come to the Olympic festival, in order that the allies, as well as themselves, might hear them and determine what should be done. So they went to Olympia, The Olympiad was that in which the Rhodian Dorieus won his second victory. [2] When the festival was over, the allies met in council, and the ambassadors spoke as follows:—

1 The Myilenaean envoys meet the allies in council at Olympia. Their speech.

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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- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus, 23
- E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.51
- E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 6, 6.4
- Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.15
- Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.3
- Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.31
- T. G. Tucker, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 8, 8.35
- C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 4, CHAPTER LVIII
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- Harold North Fowler, Commentary on Thucydides Book 5, 5.49
- Harold North Fowler, Commentary on Thucydides Book 5, 5.49
- Charles D. Morris, Commentary on Thucydides Book 1, 1.106
- Charles D. Morris, Commentary on Thucydides Book 1, 1.132
- Charles D. Morris, Commentary on Thucydides Book 1, 1.25
- Charles D. Morris, Commentary on Thucydides Book 1, 1.54
- Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides Book 7, 7.29
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- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 1.3.2
- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 1.pos=2.2
- Harper's, Helōtae
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), OLY´MPIAS
- Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, The Article
- Smith's Bio, Dorieus
Cross-references in notes to this page (1):
- Thomas R. Martin, An Overview of Classical Greek History from Mycenae to Alexander, The Peloponnesian War and Athenian Life
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (2):
- LSJ, Ὀλυμπ-ία
- LSJ, πάρειμι

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