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[229] εἴ μοι ξείνια δοίη. The use of εἰ in this connection is not uncommon, where there seems a want of some word like “σκοπεῖν” or “πειρᾶσθαι” to fill up the sense. Cp. inf. 267 “ἱκόμεθ᾽ εἴ τι πόροις ξεινήιον”, Od.10. 147“ἀνήιον ἐς περιωπὴν”,
“εἴ πως ἔργα ἴδοιμι”. Similarly with “αἴ κε”, Il.10. 55“ἐπὶ Νέστορα δῖον”The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.
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