A). at least then, freq. scarcely distinguishable from simple γε: twice in Hom. (with a second γε added), εἴ γ’ οὖν ἕτερός γε φύγῃσιν Il. 5.258 ; μὴ ἐμέ γ’ οὖν οὗτός γε 16.30 (so ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε .. σοφώτερος εἶναι Pl. Ap. 21d ); freq. later, δοκέων πάγχυ δευτερεῖα γῶν οἴσεσθαι Hdt. 1.31 ; γνώσει .. ὀψὲ γοῦν τὸ σωφρονεῖν A. Ag. 1425 , cf. 432 (lyr.), etc.; freq. in adducing an instance, or a fact giving rise to a presumption, Heraclit. 58 , Th. 1.2 , X. Cyr. 1.5.8 ; τὸν γοῦν ἄλλον χρόνον in past time at all events, D. 20.16 ; emphasizing a personal or possessive pronoun, τὸ γ. ἐμόν S. OT 626 , cf. Ant. 45 ; introducing an apodosis, Pl. Alc. 1.112b ; simply emphatic, why yes, E. Ph. 618 , Pl. Sph. 219d , etc.; each Particle has its full force in τὰς γοῦν Ἀθήνας οἶδα well (οὖν), I know Athens (γε), S. OC 24 :—freq. separated by a word, πάνυ γ’ ἂν οὖν Ar. Ec. 806 , cf. Th. 1.76 , etc.:— rarely γε οὖν in full, D.H. 2.56 codd. (The negat. form is οὔκουν .. γε.)