Ἐπινήσαντες
piling on top
Translated by William Hutton25 Nov 2007Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"Bringing together kindling and all manner of trash in front of the wall and piling manure on top of it, they set fire to it. And when the smoke rose in profusion to the extent that they would not be conspicuous in their departure, they abandoned the siege."1