{How can I, except some one shall guide me?} (P(9373) gar an
dunaim(886e) ean me tis hod(8867)(8873)ei me?). This is a mixed condition,
the conclusion coming first belongs to the fourth class
(undetermined with less likelihood of being determined) with an
and the optative, but the condition (ean, instead of the usual
ei, and the future indicative) is of the first class
(determined or fulfilled. Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 1022), a
common enough phenomenon in the _Koin(825f). The eunuch felt the need
of some one to guide (hod(8867)e(935c) from hod(8867)os, guide, and that
from hodos, way, and hegeomai, to lead).