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ἐν τοῖσι ὀπίσω. For this promise fulfilled cf. cc. 107 seq.


τὰς ἐούσας, ‘the (then) existing bridges’: for a bridge on the Great Road cf. v. 52. 2. Garstang (Hitt. p. 28) places the bridge near Cheshme Keupru, where the road from Caesarea to Angora recrosses the river.


For final use of optative with ἄν (Homeric) cf. Goodwin, M. and T. p. 117 (ed. 1889).

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