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[209] ἄλλοι … ἀγαυοί. The word “μνηστῆρες”, which belongs properly to “ἄλλοι”, is drawn into the relatival clause, as Il.1. 566“μή νύ τοι οὐ χραίσμωσιν ὅσοι θεοί εἰσ᾽ ἐν Ὀλύμπῳ”, Il.5. 877“ἄλλοι μὲν γὰρ πάντες, ὅσοι θεοί εἰσ᾽ ἐν Ὀλύμπῳ”, and 8. 341. Here the sentence would run in full, “ἄλλοι μνηστῆρες ἀγαυοὶ ὅσοι ἐστέ”. The form of expression is analogous to “ἄλλον ὁντινοῦν” in later Greek; for though in our phrase there is no patent attraction, the step which makes attraction possible has been taken, viz. the ellipse of the verb.

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

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