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[118] κέρδεα is broad enough to express any way of carrying out one's own interests, whether honest or the reverse. See note on “κερδοσύνη Od.4. 251.The three words “ἐπίστασθαι . . φρένας . . κέρδεα” stand as the object of “δῶκεν”, or at any rate in apposition to “”. For an infinitive used as parallel to an accusative cp. Il.1. 258ὃς περὶ μὲν βουλὴν Δαναῶν, περὶ δ᾽ ἐστὲ μάχεσθαι”. Cp. also Il.7. 203.

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