ἀντί (cf. ἄντα), never suffers elision in Homer (ἄντ̓ = ἄντα,
ἀντἴ = ἀντία): prep. w.
gen., against (as an equivalent, not local),
instead of, in return for;
ἀντί νυ πολλῶν | λα_ῶν ἐστὶν ἀνὴρ ὅν τε Ζεὺς κῆρι
φιλήσῃ,
Il. 9.116, Ψ
650, Il.
24.254.