κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
throng, crowd; in the Iliad freq. of the crowd and tumult of battle, Il. 5.553, Il. 10.499.
