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μὴν in a threat, as

μὴν ἔτι Ζεύς, καίπερ αὐθάδη φρονῶν,
ἔσται ταπεινός.

κἄνευ τοῦδε, sc.τοῦ ἑλεῖν σε”. Cp. O. T. 1158ἀλλ᾽ εἰς τόδ᾽ ἥξεις”, sc.εἰς τὸ ὀλέσθαι”. The MS. κἄνευ τῶνδε could here mean nothing but “"e'en apart from these men."

λυπηθεὶς ἔσει,=a fut. perf., here implying, “"wilt soon be grieved"” (though it could also mean, “"wilt suffer a lasting grief"”): so O. T. 1146οὐ σιωπήσας ἔσει”; Ant. 1067ἀντιδοὺς ἔσει”. In prose the part. thus used with “ἔσομαι” is the perf., not the aor.


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