δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
P. and V. ἐξ οὗ, ἀφ' οὗ, ἐξ ὅτου, V. ἀφ' οὗπερ, ἐξ οὗτε, ἐπεί, Ar. and V. ἐξ οὗπερ, P. ἐπειδήπερ; see since.