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3. δοκεῖ, personal, sc. τις (from 2): we translate it seems that one might say, because we must use a finite verb to express ἂν λέγειν (M.T. 754).

5. δίκαιον ἦν, we ought (M.T. 416): here of present time.—τὸν ἐξετασμὸν ποιεῖσθαι, to settle up.

7. ἑτέρῳ ὅτῳ...ζητεῖν, to seek what other man we can harm, ἑτέρῳ standing emphatically before the indirect interrogative ὅτῳ: the direct question would be ἑτέρῳ τίνι... δώσομεν;

For the argument of §§ 17—52 on the Peace of Philocrates, with its three divisions, see note before § 9.

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