δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
[Seite 1210] = θήσαιντο, für θηήσαιντο.
θησαίατο: θήσασθαι, ἴδε ἐν λ. θάω, θηλάζω.