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[*] 539. The relative (like εἰ) is sometimes found in Homer without κέ or ἄν in future conditions. E.g. Γήμασθ᾽ ὅς τις ἄριστος ἀνὴρ καὶ πλεῖστα πόρῃσιν, (tell her) to marry whoever may be the best man and may offer the most. Od. xx. 335.But in vs. 342, referring to the same thing, we have γήμασθ᾽ ᾧ κ᾽ ἐθέλῃ, to marry whom she may please. Πείθεο δ᾽ ὡς . . . ἐν φρεσὶ θείω. Il. xvi. 83; so Od. vi. 189. Οὐ μὴν γάρ ποτέ φησι κακὸν πείσεσθαι ὀπίσσω, ὄφρ᾽ ἀρετὴν παρέχωσι θεοὶ καὶ γούνατ᾽ ὀρώρῃ, he says he shall never suffer evil hereafter, so long as the Gods shall supply valour, etc. Od. xviii. 132.So Il. xiii. 234.
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