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συνήνεικε, ‘which turned out to her advantage’; cf. ix. 37. 4. The stress is on the double result of her action in saving herself from pursuit and in winning the praise of Xerxes (ch. 88).

φέρουσα, ‘full speed,’ elsewhere the middle or passive is used in this sense; cf. ch. 90. 2, 91, &c.

Καλυνδέων: from Calynda, on the borders of Caria and Lycia; cf. i. 172. 2; vii. 99. 2 n.

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