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προφάσιος = ‘cause’ (i. 29. 1). For the fulfilment of this promise cf. iv. 159; the ‘cause’ was the offered alliance of the Libyan tribes against Cyrene; Apries, true to the policy of his family, was extending his hold along the Mediterranean coast.

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