Ἐπιβεβήκασιν
they have come upon
Translated by Catharine Roth13 Sep 2007Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] they happened on, they were contemporary with.1 "These men were not born under the time-honored way of life, but they overlapped with and met those who were [so] born, and being helped by them, then became guides to many good things for their contemporaries, and especially became eloquent heralds of the ancient tales."2