πρόσθε(ν) :
in front, before, formerly, of place and of time;
(the Chimaera), πρόσθε λέων, ὄπιθεν δὲ
δράκων,
Il. 6.181; οἱ
πρόσθεν, ‘the men of old,’ Il. 9.524; as prep., w. gen., often of
place, also to denote protection, like πρό or ὑπέρ, Φ 587, Od. 8.524; local and temporal, Il. 2.359.