δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
Ar. and P. κιθαριστής, ὁ, P. κιθαρῳδός, ὁ.
female harper: P. ψάλτρια, ἡ, Av. κιθαρῳδός, ἡ (Ecc. 739).