Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges

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[*] 1928. The aorist is commonly used with definite numbers. The imperfect is, however, often employed when an action is represented as interrupted or as proceeding from one stage to another. Thus, ““ἐνταῦθα ἔμεινε Κῦρος ἡμέρα_ς τριά_κοντα” Cyrus remained thirty days there” X. A. 1.2.9; ““τέτταρας μῆνας ὅλους ἐσῴζοντο οἱ Φωκεῖς τοὺς ὕστερον, ἡ δὲ τούτου ψευδολογία_ μετὰ ταῦθ᾽ ὕστερον αὐτοὺς ἀπώλεσεν” for the four whole ensuing months the Phocians remained safe, but the falsehood of this man afterwards effected their ruin” D. 19.78.