[164] τεθναίης κτλ.: “I hope you may die if you do not” etc. The opt. here clearly approaches the force of an imperative. GMT. 725. cf. “ἀλλ᾽ ἔξελθε θύραζε . . . ἢ τάχα καὶ δαλῷ” (firebrand) “βεβλημένος εἶσθα θύραζε τ” 68 f.
κάκτανε: “κατάκτανε”. § 11 b.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books IV-VI. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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