me/n - de/ in Iliad 18 - 20

by **IreneY** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 8:04 am

Hmmm

The second pair (this and that to you, this and that to me) seems to me to be the right one. I am afraid I got a bit confused about what you mean about no finitive verb etc. There's no need to repeat the verb since it is easy to understand what it is by context (DOIEN)

by **perispomenon** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:32 am

I went for the imperative option: the gods may grant the Achaeans to sack a city, but it seems strange to me to say 'may the gods grant you to free my daughter'. The Achaeans are free to decide for themselves to do that, I would think.

I translated it as 'may the gods grant you to sack the city (...), but free my daughter and accept these ransoms'.

I really didn't think too much about de/ though.

by **annis** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:53 pm

by **Bert** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 12:15 am

by **annis** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 2:21 am

Bert wrote:With Î´Î¿á¿–ÎµÎ½ coming after me/n I would be looking for another verb in the second clause.

Ahh. While Î¼á½³Î½ often does follow words to which attention seems to be directed, it and Î´á½³ may refer rather to the entire clauses in which they appear (Smyth 2915).

Pharr says that the two infinitives in the second DE/ clause are used as imperatives. Does that mean that the sentence does not need a finite verb because the infinitives take its place?

Yes, but.

I'd say that it's often tough to make a firm distinction between clause and sentence in Homer. In comparing texts I find editors often differ among themselves on whether to us a comma, a period or a raised-dot. Î»á¿¦ÏƒÎ±Î¹ might just as well be taken to complement Î´Î¿á¿–ÎµÎ½, too. Well, maybe that's a stretch, but I think it's not completely indefensible.

by **IreneY** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:24 am

Ah!! Now I see the light (took me a while).

I'm afraid I cannot add anything to what annis has already said

by **Paul** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:38 pm

by **cdm2003** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:28 am

Paul wrote:I detect a meaningful contrast in the analogy gods:heros::heros:"regular men". So it is quite natural for me to locate the Î¼á½³Î½ / Î´á½³ contrast along the lines of "as the gods give you, may you give me."

Could it even be a simpler contrast, as if Chryses is implying "I really hope you get what you want (Î¼á½³Î½) and that I get what I want (Î´á½³)?"

Chris

by **Paul** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 3:18 pm

cdm2003 wrote:Could it even be a simpler contrast, as if Chryses is implying "I really hope you get what you want (Î¼á½³Î½) and that I get what I want (Î´á½³)?" Chris

Sure. That seems quite reasonable to me.
-pb

me/n - de/ in Iliad 18 - 20

me/n - de/ in Iliad 18 - 20

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