Note 624 — Chapter LIII · EIGHTH YEAR OF THE WAR.
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Thucyd. iv, 91. τῶν ἄλλων Βοιωταρχῶν, οἵ εἰσιν ἕνδεκα, οὐ ξυνεπαινούντων μάχεσθαι, etc.
The use of the present tense εἰσιν marks the number eleven as that of all the bœotarchs; at this time, according to Boeckh’s opinion, ad Corp. Inscript. i, vol. i, p. 729. The number, however, appears to have been variable.