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πότερον: strictly speaking means ‘which of two alternatives’ (Latin utrum) but is here, as often, followed by several alternatives introduced by ἢ . . . ἢ . . . καθ᾽ ὅ τι ἄν: Isocrates regularly admits a hiatus in this phrase; cp. ad N. § 28 and 35. καθ᾽ ὅ τι ἂν ἐπιστήσω τὴν γνώμην: Ist aor. subj. in an indefinite clause, ‘to which ever I turn my attention’; ἐφιστάναι is more often used by itself in this meaning; cp. the omission of τὸν νοῦν in the phrase προσέχειν (τὸν νοῦν).
Isocrates Cyprian Orations. Edward S. Forster.
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