[*] 2440. πρότερον or πρόσθεν may be used in the principal clause as a forerunner of πρίν. Examples in 2441, 2444, 2445. a. Homer has πρὶν . . . πρίν B 348. Attic has also φθάνω . . . πρίν, as ““φθήσονται πλεύσαντες πρὶν τὴν ξυμφορὰ_ν Χίους αἰσθέσθαι” they will succeed in making their voyage before the Chians hear of the disaster” T. 8.12.
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[*] 2440. πρότερον or πρόσθεν may be used in the principal clause as a forerunner of πρίν. Examples in 2441, 2444, 2445. a. Homer has πρὶν . . . πρίν B 348. Attic has also φθάνω . . . πρίν, as ““φθήσονται πλεύσαντες πρὶν τὴν ξυμφορὰ_ν Χίους αἰσθέσθαι” they will succeed in making their voyage before the Chians hear of the disaster” T. 8.12.
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