τὸ ἀεὶ ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν ἐχάλασαν → relaxed the strictness of the doctrine of perpetual strife
v. ἀγωνίζομαι.
ἠγωνισάμην: αόρ. αʹ του ἀγωνίζομαι.