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ἤδη, here and ch. 106. 3, like δή, strengthens the superlative: ‘the greatest known’; cf. ii. 148. 1; Thuc. vi. 31μέγιστος ἤδη διάπλους”.

ἁλόντα: possibly at the time of the Ionic revolt (v. 121; vi. 32), possibly by pirates.

Ephesus and Sardis were the starting-points of the Royal Road to Susa (v. 52 f.). Also at Sardis there was a temple of Cybele (v. 102), ‘the great mother,’ served by eunuch priests called ‘Galli’ (Juv. viii. 176; Mayor), and at Ephesus the eunuch-priests of Artemis, called Megabyzi, were held in honour (Strabo 641).

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