[*] 121. The perfect optative in indirect discourse may represent— 1. The perfect indicative of a leading verb. E.g.
- “Ἔλεγε ὅσα ἀγαθὰ Κῦρος Πέρσας πεποιήκοι,” “he told how many services Cyrus had done the Persians.” HDT. iii. 75. (Πεποιήκοι here represents πεποίηκε.)
- “Οὗτοι ἔλεγον ὡς πεντακόσιοι αὐτοῖς εἴησαν ἐκ τοῦ Πειραιῶς δεδεκασμένοι” LYS. xxix. 12. (Here the direct discourse was πεντακόσιοί εἰσιν δεδεκασμένοι.)
- “Εἶπεν ὅτι Δέξιππον οὐκ ἐπαινοίη εἰ ταῦτα πεποιηκὼς εἴη” (he said οὐκ ἐπαινῶ εἰ ταῦτα πεποίηκε, I do not approve him if he has done this). XEN. An. vi. 6, 25.
- “Ἐλέγομεν ὅτι ἕνα ἕκαστον ἓν δέοι ἐπιτηδεύειν, εἰς ὃ αὐτοῦ ἡ φύσις ἐπιτηδειοτάτη πεφυκυῖα εἴη” (we said ἕκαστον ἓν δεῖ ἐπιτηδεύειν, εἰς ὃ ἂν πεφυκὼς ᾖ, each one is to practise one thing, for which his nature is best fitted; though this might be πέφυκε, like πεποίηκε in the first example). PLAT. Rep. 433A.