History of the Peloponnesian War

Accordingly, succours being brought by all the Boeotians, (for Hippocrates was not yet in their country to [*]( This is, I think, the true force of παρελύπει in this passage; and it has a somewhat similar one, Xen. Anab. II. 5. 29, ἐβούλετο δὲ καὶ ὁ κλέαρχοςἅπαν τὸ στράτευμα πρὸς ἑαυτὸν ἔχειν τὴν γνώμην, καὶ τοὺς παραλυποῦντας ἐκποδὼν εἶναι.) make a diversion,) Siphae and Chaeronea were secured by surprise; and when the conspirators were aware of the mistake, they attempted no movement in the cities.