πόθεν, ‘from what motive?’: ἀντὶ τοῦ, ‘in gratitude for what?’ ἂν … παρέσχ̓: (if he had shown kindness,— as he did not), why would he have done so? ἧς … ὕπερ, on account of whom,=“ἧς ἕνεκα”, or “δἰ ἥν”: cp. Ant.932“βραδυτῆτος ὕπερ”.
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