321с con dub

this opt stands for conjuctivo dubitativo but is it also a reported speech?
ἠπόρει ὅτι χρήσαιτο
ἀπορίᾳ οὖν σχόμενος ὁ Προμηθεὺς ἥντινα σωτηρίαν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ εὕροι
i means these are not the words of the author but of Epith and Ptometh