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κατὰ ... ἐμέο: avorum memoria, i. e. circ. 550 B. C., when Miletus was much troubled by internal dissensions (v. 28 n.).


ἱκνευμένῳ, ‘at the appointed time,’ fatali tempore, ‘in the fullness of time’; cf. 65. 3 n. The fall of a house is the work of fate, no mere chance.


ἀποδοῦναι: infinitive for imperative, usually, as here, joined with an imperative; cf. iii. 134. 5, 155. 5; v. 23. 3.

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