δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
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P. καρτερία, ἡ, καρτέρησις, ἡ. Courage: P. and V. ἀρετή, ἡ, ἀνδρεία, ἡ; see courage.
