οὐ πολλῷ στόλῳ, with no large company (i.e. with one ship, and only a small crew to handle it): as Tr. 496“σὺν πολλῷ στόλῳ”=‘with a numerous train.’ If “στόλῳ” were taken as ‘fleet,’ the phrase could hardly be, a mere equivalent for “μιᾷ νηί”, but would suggest at least a plurality of vessels.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part IV: The Philoctetes. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1932.
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