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[116] μνηστήρων τῶν μέν, ‘of the suitors here,’ in strong contrast to “αὐτός”. This position of the demonstrative pronoun is analogous to a use in Attic Greek of “οὗτος”, Cp. “οἱ τῶν ἱκανωτάτων καὶ εὖ καὶ κακῶς ποιεῖν λόγοι, οὗτοι καὶ μάλιστα ἐνδύονται ταῖς ψυχαῖς” ( Xen. Cyr.2. 1. 13), but it is mostly found when a relative clause follows; cp. “ἄνδρα τὸν ὅς” Hom. Od.10. 74, “πόλιν τὴν . . . ὅθι” Hom. Il.4. 41, “συνθεσίαων τάων ἅς” Hom. Il.5. 320, but cp. Hom. Il.7. 461“τεῖχος ἀνορρήξας τὸ μὲν εἰς ἅλα πᾶν καταχεῦαι”,

“αὖτις δ᾽ ἠϊόνα μεγάλην ψαμάθοισι καλύψαι”. Cobet, Miscell. Crit. 422, on the analogy of Hom. Od.20. 225, would read “ἀνδρῶν μνηστήρων”.

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

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