ἄρα EPIC USAGE: then, straightway, at once, ὣς φάτο, βῆ δʼ ἄρʼ ὄνειρος Il.: next in order, οἱ δʼ ἄρʼ Ἀθήνας εἶχον Il. where attention is called to something startling, τὸν τρεῖς μὲν ἐπιρρήσσεσκον τῶν ἄλλων, Ἀχιλεὺς δʼ ἄρʼ ἐπιρρήσεσκε καὶ οἶος three men of the common sort were required to do it, but Achilles, mark ye did it single-handed, Il. in explanation of a thing going before, εἰ μὴ ὑπερφίαλον ἔπος ἔκβαλε, φῆ ῥʼ ἀέκητι θεῶν φυγέειν had he not let fall an impious word, — for he said . . , Il.:—so, ἄρα makes relat. Pron. more precise, ἐκ δʼ ἔθορε κλῆρος, ὃν ἄρʼ ἤθελον αὐτοί just the one, the very one which . . , Il. Attic USAGE, much like οὖν, then, therefore:— less strongly, μάτην ἄρʼ ἥκομεν so then we have come in vain, Soph.; εἰκότως ἄρα οὐκ ἐγίγνετο Xen.:— in questions, to express the anxiety of the questioner, as τίς ἄρα ῥύσεται; oh! who is there to save? Aesch. POSITION: ἄρα never begins a sentence, cf. οὖν, Lat. igitur.