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ὅκως ... αἱρέοι, ‘when the fancy took him’ (cf. i. 132. 3 n.; iv. 127. 3).

ἅρμα: a light chariot used by the Persian (e.g. Darius at Issus and Arbela; Arrian ii. 11; iii. 15) as by the Assyrian kings for war and the chase, as well as on occasions of state.

ἁρμάμαξαν: a covered wagon used mainly by women (ch. 83. 2; cf. Xen. Anab. i. 2. 16). Aeschylus, Pers. 1000 says Xerxes used σκηναῖς τροχηλάτοις. The practice is ridiculed by Aristophanes, Ach. 70 ἐσκηνημένοι ἐφ᾽ ἁρμαμαξῶν μαλθακῶς κατακειμένοι.

κατὰ νόμον: i. e. upwards, as opposed to the troops mentioned ch. 40. 2, 41. 2.

μύριοι: the so-called ‘Immortals’ (ch. 83).

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