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The dependent subjunctive is often introduced by αἴ (εἴ) κε（ν), ‘if haply,’ ‘in the hope that,’ ‘on the chance that.’ E. g. A 66 f., “αἴ κεν” ... “βούλεται” (subjunctive), see § 147. A 207, “αἴ κε πίθηαι”, ‘in the hope that you will obey.’ B 72, “ἀλλ᾽ ἄγετ᾽, αἴ κέν πως θωρήξομεν κτλ.”, ... ‘in the hope that we may arm’ etc.
1. After a secondary tense this subjunctive is commonly changed to the optative. E. g. B 96 ff., “ἐννέα δέ σφεας” “κήρυ_κες ... ἐρήτυον, εἴ ποτ᾽ ἀυ_τῆς”
“σχοίατ᾽”（“ο”) “κτλ.”, ... ‘if haply they would refrain from shouting.’
Selections from Homer's Iliad, with an introduction, notes, a short Homeric grammar, and a vocabulary. Allen Rogers Benner. New York. Irvington Publishers, Inc. 1903.
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