This is a difficult section I had trouble with and thought to ask for your help.
εἰ δή τις ὑμῶν οὕτως ἔχει—οὐκ ἀξιῶ μὲν γὰρ ἔγωγε, εἰ δ᾽ οὖν—ἐπιεικῆ ἄν μοι δοκῶ πρὸς τοῦτον
λέγειν λέγων ὅτι “ἐμοί, ὦ ἄριστε, εἰσὶν μέν πού τινες καὶ οἰκεῖοι· καὶ γὰρ τοῦτο αὐτὸ τὸ τοῦ Ὁμήρου,
οὐδ᾽ ἐγὼ ‘ἀπὸ δρυὸς οὐδ᾽ ἀπὸ πέτρης’ πέφυκα ἀλλ᾽ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων, ὥστε καὶ οἰκεῖοί μοί εἰσι καὶ ὑεῖς γε,
ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, τρεῖς, εἷς μὲν μειράκιον ἤδη, δύο δὲ παιδία· ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως οὐδένα αὐτῶν δεῦρο
ἀναβιβασάμενος δεήσομαι ὑμῶν ἀποψηφίσασθαι.”
My main problem is with this line:
ἐπιεικῆ ἄν μοι δοκῶ πρὸς τοῦτον λέγειν λέγων ὅτι…
- What is the function of ἄν here? Does it go with the infinitive λέγειν as potential optative
under δοκῶ μοι? - Does ἐπιεικῆ then function as adverb to that infinitive – as translated by the 1966 English
edition @Perseus – or some other function? - Should I read the participle λέγων as having a general conditional force – as read by '66 Eng
version – or as suggesting manner, by saying that … I think I might be speaking fairly to him.?
Thanks,
Nate.