ὄπισθεν,
in Ionic dialect [[(5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.72, +others, “SIG” 46.65 (Halic., 5th c.BC), etc.)] Refs 5th c.BC+] and late Attic dialect [[(2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 16, etc.)] Refs 2nd c.AD+] ὄπισθε before a consonant, as also in Poets, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 545, “IT” 1333 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: poetry also ὄπῐθεν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.181, +others, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).35, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 1001 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]:— adverb:
__I of Place, behind, at the back, opposed to πρόσθε, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.595; πρόσθε λέων ὄπιθεν δὲ δράκων μέσση δὲ χίμαιρα 6.181; ὄπισθεν καταλιπεῖν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.209; μένειν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.332, etc.; πέμψει οὖρον ὄ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.34 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὄπιθεν κομόωντες with long back-hair, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.542; ὄπιθεν κομόωσαι ἔθειραι “IG” 12(9).1179.9 (from Euboea) ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὄ. ἕπεσθαι, ἀκολουθεῖν, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus ] Refs 4th c.BC+] [same place], etc.; οἱ ὄπιθεν those who are left behind, e.g. at home, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.66 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; but also, those who are in the rear, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ τοὺς ὄ. ἐς τὸ πρόσθεν ἄξομεν shall bring the rear ranks to the front (metaphorically), [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1249 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ ὄ. ἁψῖδες the hinder fellies, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.72 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ὄ. the hinder parts, rear, back, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.613; οἱ ὄ. ἁρμοί “IG” 12.372.117; εἰς τοὔπισθεν ] Refs 8th c.BC+]back, backwards, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1410, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 261b, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τ. τοξεύειν, i. e. 'versis sagittis', like the Parthians, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.3.10: opposed to ἐκ τοὔπισθεν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 482, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.79, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.1.6; ἐν τῷ ὄ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 614c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 9.8, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄ. ποιήσασθαι τὸν ποταμόν place the river in his rear, [[ [prev. author] “An.” 1.10.9. ] Refs]