[60] εἴ κεν φύγοιμεν: the opt. is used instead of the subjv., because escape is thought of only vaguely.
θάνατόν γε: contrasted with “ἀπονοστήσειν”. “If indeed we may expect to return, and are not rather to die here.”This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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