ἔπειτα

I. of mere Sequence, without any notion of cause, thereupon, thereafter, then, freq. from Hom. downwds., as Il. 1.48, 2.169, etc.: when in strong opposition to the former act or state, with past tenses, thereafter, afterwards; with future, hereafter, ἢ πέφατ’ ἢ καὶ ἔ. πεφήσεται Il. 15.140; opp. αὐτίκα νῦν, 23.551; ὃς δ’ ἔπειτ’ ἔφυ, opp. ὅστις πάροιθεν ἦν, A. Ag. 171 (lyr.): in Hom.freq. with other Advs., αὐτίκ’ ἔ. Il. 5.214; αἶψα, ὦκα ἔ., 24.783, 18.527; even ἔνθα . . ἔ. Od. 10.297; δὴ ἔ. 8.378: usu. with reference to a former act, just then, at the time, 1.106; freq. in narrative, πρῶτα μὲν . ., αὐτὰρ ἔ. Il. 16.497; πρῶτον μέν . ., folld. by ἔ. δέ . ., Th. 2.55, Pl. Ap. 18a, etc.; by ἔ. alone, Th. 1.33, etc.; by ἔ. δέ . . ἔ. δέ . . ἔ . . ., X. Cyr. 1.3.14; ἐπεὶ δέ . . ἔ . . . ἔ . . . ἔ. δέ, ib.8.3.24, al.; πρὶν μέν . ., ἔ. δέ . . S. El. 724; ἔ. γε Pl. Tht. 147c, etc., f.l. in Ar. Th. 556; κἄπειτα, freq. in Trag., S. Aj. 61, 305, etc.

2. c. Art., τὸ ἔ. what follows, τό τ’ ἔ. καὶ τὸ μέλλον καὶ τὸ πρίν Id. Ant. 611 (lyr.); τά τε πρῶτα, τά τ’ ἔ., ὅσα τ’ ἔμελλε τυχεῖν E. IT 1265 (lyr.); οἱ ἔ. future generations, A. Eu. 672; ὁ ἔ. βίος Pl. Phd. 116a; εἰς τὸν ἔ. χρόνον Id. Phlb. 39e, X. Cyr. 1.5.9, OGI 90.43 (Rosetta, ii B.C.); ἡ ἐς τὸ ἔ. δόξα Th. 2.64; ἐν τῷ ἔ. Pl. Phd. 67d; ἐκ τοῦ ποτὲ εἰς τὸ ἔ. Id. Prm. 152b.

3. like εἶτα, with a finite Verb after a participle, μειδήσασα δ’ ἔ. ἑῷ ἐγκάτθετο κόλπῳ she smiled and then placed it in her bosom, Il. 14.223, cf. 11.730, etc.: freq. in Trag. and Att., A. Th. 267, Eu. 29, Pl. Phd. 82c: so freq. when part. and Verb are opposed, marking surprise or the like , and then, and yet, nevertheless, τὸ μητρὸς αἷμα . . ἐκχέας πέδοι ἔ. δώματ’ οἰκήσει πατρός; A. Eu. 654, cf. 438; χὤταν ἐν κακοῖσί τις ἁλοὺς ἔ. τοῦτο καλλύνειν θέλῃ S. Ant. 496; ὅστις ἀνθρώπου φύσιν βλαστὼν ἔ. μὴ κατ’ ἄνθρωπον φρονῇ Id. Aj. 761; εἰ πτωχὸς ὢν ἔπειτ’ ἐν Ἀθηναίοις λέγειν μέλλω Ar. Ach. 498, cf. Av. 29, Pl. Grg. 519e, Prt. 319d: adversatively, answering μέν, πολλάκις μὲν ὥρμα . ., ἔ . . . διεκωλύετο Id. R. 336b; ἔτι μὲν ἐνεχείρησα . ., ἔ . . . Id. Prt. 310c, etc.; also κἄπειτα after a part., Ar. Nu. 624, Av. 536; cf. εἶτα 1.2.

4. in apodosi (never at the beginning of the clause; in Hom. freq. strengthd. by other Particles):

a. after a Temporal Conj., then, thereafter, ἐπεὶ δὴ σφαίρῃ πειρήσαντο, ὀρχείσθην δὴ ἔ. when they had done playing at ball, then they danced, Od. 8.378; after ἐπεί, Il. 16.247; ἐπὴν . . δὴ ἔ. Od. 11.121; ὁπότε, Il. 18.545; ὅτε, 3.223; ὡς . . ἄρ’ ἔ. 10.522; ἦμος . . καὶ τότ’ ἔ. 1.478.

b. after a Conditional Conj., then surely, εἰ δ’ ἐτεὸν δὴ . . ἀγορεύεις, ἐξ ἄρα δή τοι ἔ. θεοὶ φρένας ὤλεσαν if thou speakest sooth, then of a surety have the gods infatuated thee, 7.360, cf. 10.453, Od. 1.290, etc.; so after ἤν, Il. 9.394; also when the apodosis takes the form of a question, εἰ μὲν δὴ ἕταρόν γε κελεύετέ μ’ αὐτὸν ἑλέσθαι, πῶς ἂν ἔ. Ὀδυσῆος λαθοίμην; how can I in such a case? 10.243; when a condition is implied in relat. Pron., ὃν( = εἴ τινα)μέν κ’ ἐπιεικὲς ἀκουέμεν, οὔ τις ἔ. τόν γ’ εἴσεται 1.547; ὃν( = εἴ τινα)δέ κ’ ἐγὼν ἀπάνευθε μάχης ἐθέλοντα νοήσω μιμνάζειν, οὔ οἱ ἔ. ἄρκιον ἐσσεῖται 2.392.

II. of Sequence in thought, i.e. Consequence or Inference, then, therefore, ξεῖν’, ἐπεὶ ἂρ δὴ ἔ . . . μενεαίνεις Od. 17.185, cf. Il. 15.49, 18.357; οὐ σύ γ’ ἔ. Τυδέος ἔκγονός ἐσσι 5.812; rarely at the beginning, ἔπειθ’ ἑλοῦ γε θάτερα S. El. 345.

2. in telling a story, νῆσος ἔ. τις ἔστι now, there is an island, Od. 4.354, cf. 9.116.

3. in Att. freq. to introduce emphatic questions, why then . . ? ἔ. τοῦ δέει; Ar. Pl. 827, cf. Th. 188, Nu. 226; mostly to express surprise, or to sneer, and so forsooth . .? and so really . .? ἔ. οὐκ οἴει φροντίζειν [τοὺς θεοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων]; X. Mem. 1.4.11; so κἄπειτα E. Med. 1398 (anap.), Ar. Ach. 126, Av. 963, X. Smp. 4.2; freq. with δῆτα added, ἔ. δῆτα δοῦλος ὢν κόμην ἔχεις; Ar. Av. 911, cf. 1217, Lys. 985, E. Alc. 822.