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τά περ, ‘which shall assuredly (revera, cf. iii. 68. 2) come upon them.’ The remark is not part of the message, but a parenthetical assurance that the threats are serious (cf. ch. 32).

Βάκτρα: the city Balkh (ix. 113. 1), mentioned as the furthest limit of the Persian Empire (cf. iv. 204).

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