A.EPIC USAGE:
1.then, straightway, at once, ὣς φάτο, βῆ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὄνειρος Il.: next in order, οἱ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ Ἀθήνας εἶχον id=Il.
2.where attention is called to something startling, τὸν τρεῖς μὲν ἐπιρρήσσεσκον τῶν ἄλλων, Ἀχιλεὺς δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐπιρρήσεσκε καὶ οἶος three men of the common sort were required to do it, but Achilles, mark ye did it single-handed, id=Il.
3.in explanation of a thing going before, εἰ μὴ ὑπερφίαλον ἔπος ἔκβαλε, φῆ ῥ᾽ ἀέκητι θεῶν φυγέειν had he not let fall an impious word, — for he said . . , id=Il.:—so, ἄρα makes relat. Pron. more precise, ἐκ δ᾽ ἔθορε κλῆρος, ὃν ἄρ᾽ ἤθελον αὐτοί just the one, the very one which . . , id=Il.
