φανή
From LSJ
δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A torch, Hes.Fr.47. II φαναί, αἱ, torch-processions, such as took place in the cult of Dionysus, E.Ion550 (troch.); μυστηρίων τε τῶν ἀπορρήτων φανὰς ἔδειξεν Ὀρφεύς Id.Rh.943.