[525] With οὐκ … οὐδέ cp. Od.8. 176 Od., 280.For ὡς introducing an illustrative comparison into the expression of a wish cp. Od.17. 253“αἲ γὰρ Τηλέμαχον βάλοι ἀργυρότοξος Ἀπόλλων”
. . “ὡς Ὀδυσῆί γ᾽ ἀπώλετο νόστιμον ἦμαρ”. The form is clearer when “οὕτω” is introduced into the first clause, as “εἰ γὰρ ἐγὼν οὕτω γε Διὸς παῖς αἰγιόχοιο”“εἴην . . ὡς νῦν ἡμέρη ἥδε κακὸν φέρει Ἀργείοισι” Il.13. 825 foll.