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[*] 636. Πρίν γ᾽ ὅτε, until, has the indicative in Homer, after affirmative as well as negative sentences. These cases occur:— Ἐπὶ ἶσα μάχη τέτατο, πρίν γ᾽ ὅτε δὴ Ζεὺς κῦδος ὑπέρτερον Ἕκτορι δῶκεν, the battle hung equally balanced, until (when) Zeus gave higher glory to Hector. Il. xii. 436. Ἥμεθ᾽ ἀτυζόμεναι, πρίν γ᾽ ὅτε δή με σὸς υἱὸς ἀπὸ μεγάροιο κάλεσσεν, “until your son called me.” Od. xxiii. 42. Οὐδ᾽ ὣς τοῦ θυμὸν ἔπειθον, πρίν γ᾽ ὅτε δὴ θάλαμος πύκ᾽ ἐβάλλετο, i.e. until the battering began. Il. ix. 587.So in the suspected verses, πρίν γ᾽ ὅτε . . . θάρσυνας, Od. xiii. 322.For Od. iv. 178, see 637. Four cases of πρίν γ᾽ ὅτε δή with the indicative are found in the Homeric Hymns: Del. 49; Cer. 96, Cer. 195, Cer. 202; after which this strange construction disappears.
Macmillan. London, Melbourne, Toronto. 1889. reprint edition:. St. Martin's Press. New York. 1965.
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