Note 319 — BOOK VIII
Evelyn S. (Evelyn Shirley) Shuckburgh translation
To which proceedings may be referred a sentence of Polybius preserved by Suidas, s.v. διεσκευασμένην—“They send out certain Cretans, as though on a raid, giving them a sham despatch to carry.” See Livy, 24, 30-31.