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[289] Observe the very rare use of οὐ after “εἰ ἄν” (“κεν”) with subjunctive; the negative goes very closely with the verb, as “οὐκ εἰῶσι20.139. H. G. § 316 ad fin. Ἀλεξάνδροιο πεσόντος does not seem to be quite a gen. absolute, though it nearly passes into one; it depends on “τιμήν”, though the connexion is rather loose, ‘pay me the price arising from the fall of A. ’

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