GREEK PREPOSITIONS. 347 



(Plato), " to come after the war,"—" to come,— leader or pre- 

 " deceffor in point of time, — the war." Msrec rtiv Shr^tv ruv %ps- 

 gav \*etvav o n\to$ (TKori^n^ra.^ (Luk. xxiv. 29.), u after the tribu- 

 " lation of thefe days the fun fhall be darkened," — " the fun 

 u fhall be darkened, — conductor preceding this event, — the tri- 

 " bulation of thefe days." 



O7oi xal Accvccohtiv ugiffizg {ast&oco'i kou p,sr r A^AXJja. Hom. 



" What chiefs there are among the Greeks even after Achil- 

 " les," — " what chiefs there are, — perfons attending them y 

 " or accompanying them, — the Greeks, — even conductor pre- 

 " ceding them, — Achilles." 



As any object we are in purfuit of, and feek to obtain, may 

 with great propriety be faid to be the conductor that we follow, 

 peroi with the accufative is often ufed to exprefs fuch an inten- 

 tion or action. 



Of fee per 1 airgqxrvs 'zgidccg xui vei'Aiu. CaXXe;. Hom. II. 



" Who drives me in purfuit of vain quarrels and contefts," — 

 " who drives me, — object to which I am driven, — or which I am 

 " made to follow, — vain quarrels and contefts." 



■ 7qv icore N^Asyj, 



" Whom Neleus married on account of her beauty," — " whom. 

 " Neleus married, — object of his purfuit in doing fo, — or ob- 

 " ject by which he was led, — her beauty." 



Hdifcog iQq fiera, ^cutcx.. Hom. //. 



For Jupiter was gone the day before towards the ocean, 

 " among the virtuous Ethiopians, to hold a feftival," — " Jupi- 



u TER, 



