Rhet gre 1411a26-28καὶ “ὥστε βοῆσαι (27) τὴν Ἑλλάδα”, καὶ τοῦτο τρόπον τινὰ μεταφορὰ καὶ πρὸ (28) ὀμμάτων.
Rhys Roberts 1924 engAesion said that the Athenians had ‘emptied’ their town into Sicily: this is a graphic metaphor.
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