εἰς πλεῖστον πόλεως, to the greatest extent of all the citizens, i.e. more than any other Theban. εἰς as in “εἰς ὑπερβολήν, ἐς τὰ μάλιστα”, etc. (cp. “ἐπὶ πλέον”): the gen. after the superl. adv., as Ai. 502 “μέγιστον ἴσχυσε στρατοῦ”.
This text is part of:
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.
An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.