Ἀμφοῖν

[a)mfoi=n means the same as] a)mfote/rwn.¹
"Many men were caught between the two sides and utterly destroyed."²
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)mfoi=n podoi=n ["with both feet"], meaning with all one's might. Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "we have flown away from our homeland with both feet."³ From a metaphor of the birds, with both wings; or from the ships which sail "with both feet" when running before the wind;⁴ or meaning perfectly, using in anticipation the metaphor of the birds.