τὸ ἀεὶ ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν ἐχάλασαν → relaxed the strictness of the doctrine of perpetual strife
platform for speaking: Ar. and P. βῆμα, τό, V. βάθρον, τό (Eur., Iphigenia in Tauris 962).
βάθρον, βῆμα
