τὸ ἀεὶ ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν ἐχάλασαν → relaxed the strictness of the doctrine of perpetual strife
P. and V. θαῦμα, τό, ἔκπληξις, ἡ, θάμβος, τό (rare P. but used in Thuc. and Plato).
