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ὑπερβαλλομένους, ‘delaying’; cf. iii. 76. 2 ad fin.

Κάρνεια. For this festival cf. vi. 106. 3 n.; viii. 72. This year it took place just before the Olympic festival, which at that time lasted four whole days, i. e. in 480 Aug. 16-19 or 17-20, ending with the full moon Aug. 19 or 20. Leonidas' march was apparently just before the Carneia, and the fighting at Thermopylae near the end of August (Busolt, ii. 673-4).

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