The dependent optative is found in indirect questions, in the secondary sequence. E. g.
‘they shook lots [to see] which of the two should first hurl his bronze spear’; here “ἀφείη” represents a deliberative subjunctive of the direct question, “ἀφήῃ” (Attic “ἀφῇ”).“κλήρους ... πάλλον
ὁππότερος δὴ πρόσθεν ἀφείη χάλκεον ἔγχος
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