Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges

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[*] 2458. πρότερον ἤ sooner than, before is used especially in Herodotus and Thucydides. (a) With the indicative: ““οὐ πρότερον ἐνέδοσαν ἢ αὐτοὶ ἐν σφίσιν αὐτοῖς . . . ἐσφάλησαν” they did not succumb before they were overthrown by themselves” T. 2.65. (b) With the infinitive: τὰ_ς δ᾽ ἄλλα_ς πόλεις ἔφη ἀδικεῖν, αἳ ἐς Ἀθηναίους πρότερον ἢ ἀποστῆναι ἀνήλουν he said the other States were wrong, which, before they revolted, used to pay money into the treasury of the Athenians T. 8.45. (c) With the subjunctive (without ἄν) rarely (T. 7.63). Chiefly in Hdt.