Oἱ δὲ Ἀθηναῖοι ἦσαν ἐν μεγάλῳ κινδύνῳ... (adaptation of Herodotus 6.105) → The Athenians were in great danger...
pliant twig: V. λύγος, ὁ (Eur., Cyclops 225).