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[237] ἀλλ᾽ ἐθέλεις, ‘but art willing to let us see thy prowess which keep thee company.’ Two clauses depend with equal closeness upon ἐθέλεις, the one giving a reason, “χωόμενος . . νείκεσεν”, and the other a consequence (not a purpose) “ὡς ἄν, κ.τ.λ.”, ‘in such manner that no one would think slightingly of thee;’ for the willingness had already passed into act, and the specimen of prowess there given was not to be gainsaid. Somewhat similar is Il.14. 91“μῦθον ὃν οὔ κεν ἀνήρ γε διὰ στόμα πάμπαν ἄγοιτο”

“ὃς τις ἐπίσταιτο κ.τ.λ.” Others, as Bothe, would render “ὡς ἂν . . ὄνοιτο”, ‘quemadmodum nemo virtutem tuam vituperaverit qui,’ etc., making the words describe the method of the chiding (“νείκεσεν”). So apparently Eustath. “μέμψεται μὲν γάρ τις ἴσως τὸν Ὀδυσσέα καθὰ καὶ ὁ Λαοδάμας: οὐ μὴν φρενήρης ἐκεῖνος ἀνὴρ ὁποῖος καὶ ὁ φρεσὶν ἄρτια βάζων”.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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