Note 187 — BOOK III (continued 2)
Evelyn S. (Evelyn Shirley) Shuckburgh translation
ἀπεκοιμῶντο Schw. translates simply dormiebant. But the compound means more than that; it conveys the idea of an interval of sleep snatched from other employments. See Herod. 8, 76; Aristoph. Vesp. 211.