[*] 658. In Attic Greek πρότερον or πρόσθεν frequently stands in the clause on which πρίν depends, like the adverb πρίν in Homer (657). E.g. Ἀποθνῄσκουσι πρότερον πρὶν δῆλοι γίγνεσθαι οἷοι ἦσαν. XEN. Cyr. v. 2, 9. Καὶ ἔτι πρότερον, πρὶν ἐς τὴν Ῥόδον αὐτοὺς ἀναστῆ- ναι, τάδε ἐπράσσετο. THUC. viii. 45. Πρότερον οὐκ ἦν γένος ἀθανατων, πρὶν ἔρως ξυνέμιξεν ἅπαντα. AR. Av. 700. Οὐ πρότερον πρὸς ἡμᾶς τὸν πόλεμον ἐξέφηναν, πρὶν ἐνόμισαν, κ.τ.λ. XEN. An. iii. 1, 16. Οὐ τοίνυν ἀποκρινοῦμαι πρότερον, πρὶν ἂν πύθωμαι. PLAT. Euthyd. 295 C. Καὶ οὐ πρόσθεν ἔστησαν, πρὶν (ἢ) πρὸς τοῖς πεζοῖς τῶν Ἀσσυρίων ἐγένοντο. XEN. Cyr. i. 4, 23. Δεῖται αὐτοῦ μὴ πρόσθεν καταλῦσαι πρὶν ἂν αὐτῷ συμβουλεύσηται. XEN. An. i. 1, 10. The formula οὐ πρότερον παύσασθαι πρίν with the indicative in the orators is familiar (see 634).
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