τὸ κηρύκειον ἢ τὴν μάχαιραν → peace or the sword
of bread: use bread.
a thin crust of ice had formed in it (the trench): P. κρύσταλλος ἐπεπήγει οὐ βέβαιος ἐν αὐτῇ (Thuc. 3, 23).
