[66] τῶν ὄπιθεν. This use of the article comes very near to its force in later Greek. We may compare with it Il.9. 524“τῶν πρόσθεν ἐπευθόμεθα κλέα ἀνδρῶν”, ib. 558 “ὃς κάρτιστος ἐπιχθονίων γένετ᾽ ἀνδρῶν”
“τῶν τότε”, Od.22. 220“κτήμαθ᾽ ὁπόσσα τοι ἔστι, τά τ᾽ ἔνδοθι καὶ τὰ θύρηφιν”. Here τῶν ὄπιθεν is rightly interpreted by the Schol. “τῶν καταλελειμένων οἴκοι”.The words οὐ παρεόντων are added as epexegesis of “ὄπιθεν”, and must be compared with Il.15. 662 foll. “ἐπὶ δὲ μνήσασθε ἕκαστος” “παίδων ἠδ᾽ ἀλόχων καὶ κτήσιος ἠδὲ τοκηῶν”,
“ἠμὲν ὅτεῳ ζώουσι, καὶ ᾧ κατατεθνήκασι:”
“τῶν ὕπερ ἐνθάδ᾽ ἐγὼ γουνάζομαι οὐ παρεόντων”. For the use of the simple genitive to express the thing or person to which the appeal refers cp. Od.2. 68.In the next line the construction with πρός is used, as in Od.13. 324.
