Note 508 — Chapter LII · SEVENTH YEAR OF THE WAR.—CAPTURE OF SPHAKTERIA.
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Thucyd. iv, 9. Demosthenês placed the greater number (τοὺς πολλοὺς) of his hoplites round the walls of his post, and selected sixty of them to march down to the shore. This implies a total which can hardly be less than two hundred.