ἦ γὰρ εἴην οὐκ ἂν εὖ φρονῶν, sc. “εἰ μὴ ἐξείη σοι εἰπεῖν”. For the elliptical use of “οὐ γάρ”, cp. O. T. 82, O. T. 318(and Append. to O. T., p. 221): I. Thuc. 11.§ 4 “δῆλον δέ” (sc. “ὅτι μάχῃ ἐκράτησαν”)“: τὸ γὰρ ἔρυμα..οὐκ ἂν ἐτειχίσαντο”.—For the place of οὐκ after “εἴην”, cp. 1140.
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