[Footnote 208: Καλὸς μὲν, μέγας δ' οὔ.] I have, with Bornemann and Poppo, restored this reading, in which all the manuscripts concur. Muretus, from Demetrius Phalereus, sect. 6 and 121, has given μέγας μὲν οὔ, καλὸς δέ, and Hutchinson and all other editors down to Bornemann have followed him. It cannot be denied that this is the usual order in such phrases; as in iv. 8. 2; vi. 4. 20; but passages are not wanting in which the contrary order is observed; see iv. 6. 2. _Kühner_. As the piece attributed to Demetrius Phalereus is not genuine, little attention need be paid to it.] [Footnote 209: It would seem to have been the palace of Tiribazus, as the one mentioned in sect. 2 was that of Orontes. _Schneider_.] [Footnote 210: See Diod. Sic. xiv. 28.] Ainsworth speaks of the cold in the nights on these Armenian uplands, p. 173. "When Lucullus, in his expedition against Mithridates, marched through Armenia, his army suffered as much by the frost and snow as the Greeks under Xenophon; and, when Alexander Severus returned through this country, many of his men lost their hands and feet through excessive cold. Tournefort also complains that at Erzeroum, though situated in a plain, his fingers were so benumbed with cold, that he could not write till an hour after sunrise. (See Plutarch in Lucull., and Zonaras's Annals.)" _Spelman_.] [Footnote 211: There being no cause to apprehend the approach of an enemy during such deep snow.] [Footnote 212: Διαιθριάζειν.] The commentators rightly interpret this word disserenascere, "to clear up." _Kühner_; who, however, prefers συναιθριάζειν, for which there is good manuscript authority. He translates it, with Bornemann, _simul disserenascere_, "to clear up at the same time;" so that the one word has little advantage over the other. Sturz disapproves of the interpretation _disserenascere_, and would have both verbs to signify _sub dio agere_, "to bivouack in the open air;" but the other sense appears preferable.] [Footnote 213: See note on i. 2. 22. Oil made of sesamum, or sesama, is mentioned, says Kühner, by Plin. H. N. xiii. 1, xviii. 10; Q. Curt. vii. 4. 23; Dioscorid. 2. 119-121; Theophrast. de Odoribus, p. 737, ed. Schneid.; Salmas. Exercit. Plin. p. 727; Interp. ad Aristoph. Pac. 865.] CHAPTER V. The Greeks march through an uninhabited tract of country, suffering greatly from cold winds, snow, and want of provisions. At length they reach some well-stored villages, where they rest seven days.