δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
Κάνωβος, ὁ.
Man of Canopus: Κανωβίτης, -ου, ὁ.
Of Canopus, adj.: Κανωβικός.