seeing that the place was the key of Sicily
From LSJ
ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge
English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes)
ὁρῶντες προσβολὴν ἔχον τὸ χωρίον τῆς Σικελίας
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