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[*] 522. The particle ἄν (Epic κέ) is regularly joined with all relative words when they are followed by the subjunctive. With ὅτε, ὁπότε, ἐπεί, and ἐπειδή, ἄν forms ὅταν, ὁπόταν, ἐπάν or ἐπήν (Ionic ἐπεάν), and ἐπειδάν. In Homer, where κέ is generally used for ἄν, we have ὅτε κε, ἐπεί κε, etc. (like εἴ κε), also ὅτ᾽ ἄν, where in Attic we have ὅταν, ὁπόταν, ἐπειδάν. Ἐπήν, however, occurs often, and ἐπεὶ ἄν once, in Homer. Both ἐπήν and ἐπάν are rare in
Macmillan. London, Melbourne, Toronto. 1889. reprint edition:. St. Martin's Press. New York. 1965.
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