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subject in Iliad 1:127-128

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:25 am
by Bert
...,αὐταρ )αχαιοὶ τριπλῇ τετραπλῇ τ’ ἀποτίσομεν, ...What is the subject of [size=150]ἀποτίσομεν[/size]?
The form is 1st person pl. but )αχαιοὶ is nominative.
Can this be combined to read - we Achaeans will repay you three or even four fold?

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:37 am
by Hal
That is how I understand it. Achilles is speaking on behalf of the other Achaeans.
Hal