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[768] This is the only instance in H. of the iterative opt. with “εἰ”, common though it is in later Greek (H. G. § 311, L. Lange, EI, 372). It is evidently a development due to the analogy of the opt. in this sense after “ὁπότε”, etc. Lange further remarks that 771 gives the only instance of an apodosis beginning with “ἀλλά” after “εἰ” with opt., though it is often found after “εἰ” (“ἄν κεν”) with subj. or indic.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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