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Ἤρξατο—sc. τὸ κακόν. ὑπὲρ—beyond, i.e. further inland, ‘south of.’ So the plague in Justinian's reign was said to have come from Ethiopia and Egypt: the ‘Black Death’ was traced to the Levant. τὴν πολλήν—limiting apposition.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 2. E.C. Marchant. London. MacMillan & Company. 1891.
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