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[24] ἔπειτα ‘thereafter,’ ‘in the sequel.’

φόνος κτλ.” ‘turned to, led in the end to, his slaughter and fate.’ The idiom is Homeric: as Il.1. 228τὸ δέ τοι κὴρ εἴδεται εἶναι”, and so 4. 155 “θάνατόν νύ τοι ὅρκἰ ἔταμνον” ‘I made a truce (that turned to) death for you.’

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