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πρόφασιν: in the unusual sense of ‘suggestion’. Cf. Soph. Trach. 662ἐπὶ προφάσει θηρός” (v. l. προφάνσει).

ὁκόσον refers to the participle ἄρξαντα, not to the main verb ἐκχωρήσειν.

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