MINDARUS AT SIGEIUM. 107 On arriving about daylight near the southern pint of the Chersonese, these Athenians were descried by the fleet of Min-
block them up." As nothing equivalent to, or implying, the adversative
particle although is to be found in the Greek words, so I infer, as a high prob-
ability, that it is not to be sought in the meaning.
Differing from the commentators, I think that these words, (
Greek characters), do as-
sign the reason for the fact which nad been immediately before announced,
and which was really extraordinary ; namely, that the Athenian squadron
was allowed to pass by Abydos, and escape from Sestos to Elaeus. That
reason was, that the Peloponnesian guard-squadron had before received
special orders from Miudarus, to concentrate its attention and watchfulness upon
his approacJiing squadron ; hence it arose that they left the Athenians at Ses
tos unnoticed.
The words (Greek characters) are equivalent to (Greek characters), and
the pronoun (Greek characters), which immediately follows, refers to (Greek characters) (the ap-
proaching fled of Mindarus), not to the Athenians at Sestos, as the Scholiast
and the commentators construe it. This mistake about the reference of
(Greek characters) seems to me to have put them all wrong.
That (Greek characters) must be construed as equivalent to (Greek characters)
is certain ; but it is not equivalent to (Greek characters) ;
nor is it possible to construe the words as the Scholiast would understand
them : " orders had been previously given by the approach (or arrival) of their
friends ;" whereby we should turn (Greek characters) into an acting and command-
ing personality. The " approach of their friends" is an event, which may
properly be said " to have produced an effect," but which cannot be said " to
have given previous orders." It appears to me that (Greek characters) is
the dative case, governed by (Greek characters) ; "a look-out for the arrival of the
Peloponnesians," having been enjoined upon these guardships at Abydos :
" They had been ordered to watch for the approaching voyage of their friends?
The English prepositions/or, expresses here exactly the sense of the Greek
dative ; that is, the object, purpose, or persons whose benefit is referred to.
The words immediately succeeding, (Greek characters), are an expansion of consequences intended to follow
from $v?.aKri<; T QiXiy lirixty. " They shall watch for the approach of
the main fleet, in order that they may devote special and paramount regard
to its safety, in case it makes a start." For the phrase (Greek characters), com-
pare Herodot. i, 24 ; viii, 109. Plutarch, Theseus, c. 33 : (Greek characters), the notes of Arnold and Göller here ; and
Ku:lner, Gr. Gr. sect 533, (Greek characters), for (Greek characters) The words
(Greek characters) express the anxious and special vigilance which the Peloponnesian squadron at Abydos was directed to keep for the arrival of Mindarus and his fleet, which was a matter of doubt and danger: but they would
not be properly applicable to the duty of that squadron as respects the op-
