[3]

Cf. Iliad viii. 267; xi. 371.

[4]

Cf. Iliad iv. 113.

[5]

Cf. Iliad iv. 123.

[6]

Cf. Iliad xi. 390.

[7]

The trench crossed the plain in an approximately straight line. The army of the Ephthalitae were drawn up behind it, facing the advancing Persians, while a few of them went out beyond the trench to draw the attack of the Persians.