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Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 6:27 pm
by Tancredo
Hi,
I think that I have scanned this line correctly:
τίς τ ἄρ σφωε θεῶν ἔριδι χυνέηκε μάξεσθαι
- - | - u u | - u u | - u u | - u u | - -
But I would want to know why μα in μάξεσθαι is long, since it is followed by a double consonant, or I am completely wrong.
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 6:53 pm
by Paul
Hi Tancredo,
I think you've got the xi ξ and chi χ transposed.
The last two words are ξυνέηκε μάχεσθαι.
I think the first syllable of the last word scans short.
Cordially,
Paul
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:13 pm
by Tancredo
Hi Paul,
Sorry for the letters but it was my first time with SPIONIC.
And I should have said ..why ma is short (according with my scansion), since it is followed by a double consonant... I do not know if there is another rule which prevails over the one I mentioned.
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:25 pm
by annis
Tancredo wrote:And I should have said ..why ma is short (according with my scansion), since it is followed by a double consonant... I do not know if there is another rule which prevails over the one I mentioned.
Ah. To the Greeks the aspirated consonants (θ, φ, χ) are single consonant sounds (unlike ζ, ξ, ψ). Even though we usually transcribe them
th, ph, ch, they scan singly.
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:33 pm
by Tancredo
Thanks!
In my mind it was a double consonant because of the transcription.
I have to think as a Greek.