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[60] εἴ κεν with the opt. assumes as a mere supposition, which is expressed as unlikely (‘remoter and less emphatic,’ M. and T. § 460), while in the next line “εἰ” with the future indic. assumes as a vivid probability. After “ὀίω ἀπονοστήσειν” it comes in like a sudden correction of a too confident expression.

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