[597] “στεῦτο κτλ”.: he asserted boastfully that he would be the victor. Cf. “Γ 83, στεῦται δ̓ Ὀδυσῆος ἀκοῦσαι ι ἀγχοῦ ρ” 525 f. he asserts that he heard of Odysseus as near at hand.
εὐχόμενος: for the partic. of manner, see on “ι<*>ών Α” 138. εἴ περ ἄν: even granted that, supposing that. Here alone is “ἄν” found, instead of “κέν”, with “εἰ” and the opt., cf. 1.60; see § 3 c; elsewhere “εἰ ἄν” is found with the subjv., as 3.25. The form in dir. disc. would be “νικήσαιμι ἄν, εἴ περ ἂν αὐταὶ μοῦσαι ἀείδοιεν”.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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