[127] θεῷ: in honor of the god, for the god's sake, dat. of interest; cf. “Μενέλαος ᾧ δὴ τόνδε πλοῦν ἐστείλαμεν” Soph. Aj. 1045 Menelaus, for whose sake we undertook this voyage.
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