[192] οἷσιν ἐνί, = ‘in his own,’ requires that the subject of the clause to which it belongs should be Nestor. That is, “οἷσιν ἐνὶ μεγάροισι” makes one clause with “Νέστωρ φάσχ᾽ ὁ γέρων”. In like manner, “ὅτ᾽ ἐπιμνησαίμεθα σεῖο” is continuous with “καὶ ἀλλήλους ἐρέοιμεν”. So the clauses must be thus disengaged: —‘Nestor was wont to say in his own mansion, when we made mention of thee and asked one another about thee.’ For this counterchange of clauses compare Od.5. 162“δούρατα μακρὰ ταμὼν, ἁρμόζεο, χαλκῷ, εὐρεῖαν σχεδίην”, Od.8. 170“οἱ δέ τ᾽ ἐς αὐτὸν”
“τερπόμενοι λεύσσουσιν, ὁ δ᾽ ἀσφαλέως ἀγορεύει”,“αἰδοῖ μειλιχίῃ, μετὰ δὲ πρέπει ἀγρομένοισι”, ib. 475 “νώτου ἀποπροταμὼν, ἐπὶ δὲ πλεῖον ἐλέλειπτο”,
“ἀργιόδοντος ὑὸς, θαλερὴ δ᾽ ἦν ἀμφὶς ἀλοιφή”, ib. 477 “τοῦτο πόρε κρέας, ὄφρα φάγῃσι, Δημοδόκῳ, καί μιν προσπτύξομαι Od., 14. 62 κτῆσιν ὄπασσεν”
“οἷά τε ᾧ οἰκῆι ἄναξ εὔθυμος ἔδωκεν”,
“οἶκόν τε κλῆρόν τε πολυμνήστην τε γυναῖκα”,
“ὅς οἱ πολλὰ κάμῃσι”. The object of the counterchange of clauses is approximately to effect the simultaneous expression of facts, which are simultaneous.
