[123] “εἴ περ γὰρ κτλ”.: in case we should wish, a concessive clause with potential opt. and “κέ”, of what is conditionally conceivable, cf. “Θ 205, Ν 288, β” 246.—The thought is completed in v. 127, “if we should take only one Trojan as cupbearer for a squad of Achaeans.”
γάρ: refers to “παυροτέροισι”.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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