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

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English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes)

ὁρῶντες προσβολὴν ἔχον τὸ χωρίον τῆς Σικελίας

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