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2858. ἤτοι may be used instead of the first when the first member, as is commonly the case, contains the more probable choice. In English the order is often inverted. Thus, ““ἤτοι κλύουσα παιδὸς τύχῃ πάραshe comes either by chance or because she has heard about her sonS. Ant. 1182. ἤτοι may be followed by several times. ἤτοι . . . γε is more emphatic, as ““ἤτοι κρύφα γε φανερῶςeither secretly or openlyT. 6.34.

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