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[*] 322. The use of the optative for the subjunctive in final clauses after primary tenses is, on the other hand, very rare, and is to be viewed as a mere irregularity of construction. See “ἄξω τῆλ᾽ Ἰθάκης, ἵνα μοι βίοτον πολὺν ἄλφοι” Od. xvii. 250 ; ὅππως μαχέοιντο, Il. i. 344; and vii. 340, Il. xviii. 88.So SOPH. El. 56, O. C. 11; HDT. ii. 93 (ἵνα μὴ ἁμάρτοιεν). Most of these are emended by various editors; and no good reason for the anomaly appears in any of them.
Macmillan. London, Melbourne, Toronto. 1889. reprint edition:. St. Martin's Press. New York. 1965.
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