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2194. Final clauses were developed from original coördination.

““θάπτε με ὅττι τάχιστα: πύλα_ς Ἀίδα_ο περήσωbury me with all speed; let me pass the gates of HadesΨ 71, where we have a sentence of will added without any connective; and (negative) ἀπόστιχε μή τι νοήσῃ Ἣρη depart lest Hera observe aught A 522 (originally let Hera not observe anything, 1802). Even in Attic, where subordination is regular, the original form of coördination can be (theoretically) restored, as in ““καί σε πρὸς . . . θεῶν ἱκνοῦμαι μὴ προδοὺς ἡμᾶς γένῃand I entreat thee by the gods | do not forsake usS. Aj. 588. We can no longer trace the original coördination with ἵνα and ὡς.

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