, cf. X. Mem. 3.6.16 ), asAdv.at the beginning of an interrog. sentence containing two alternative propositions, the second being connected byἤ . . , whether . . or,
a. in direct questions, Pi. P. 11.22 , Fr. 213 , B. 17.33 , Hdt. 1.88 , etc.; τίνες κατῆρξαν, πότερον Ἕλληνες ἢ παῖς ἐμός;
A. Pers. 351
, etc.; πότερα δικαστὴν ἢ δικηφόρον λέγεις;
Id. Ch. 120
, cf. Supp. 336 .
b. in indirect questions, ἐπείρεσθαι κότερα τὴν ἑωυτοῦ ἢ τὴν Κύρου λέγοι ἀρχήν
Hdt. 1.91
, cf. 3.32 , etc.: the Verb is sts. repeated, π. οὐδενὶ δύναται ἀρέσαι, ἢ ἔστιν οἷς καὶ πάνυ ἀρέσκει;
X. Mem. 2.3.6
: sts.π.precedes the common Verb, π. βούλοιτο μένειν ἢ ἀπιέναι;
Id. Cyr. 1.3.15
, cf. Oec. 18.1 .
2. sts. a third clause (withἤ) is inaccurately added, κότερα παρὰ δήμου ἢ ὀλιγαρχίης ἢ μουνάρχου;
Hdt. 3.82
, cf. A. Supp. 247 , S. OT 112 ; and a fourth, Id. El. 539 .
3. the second alternative is sts. left to be supplied,πότερα δὴ κερτομῶν λέγεις τάδε(sc.ἢ μή . .); Id. Ph. 1235 , cf. OC 333 , A. Pers. 239 , Th. 94 (lyr.), Ag. 274 , Pl. Sph. 228a , R. 501d , etc.
4. πότερονis sts. omitted in the first clause, ἐπισκέψασθαι . . , ὀρθὴ ἢ ψευδής
