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 .