Iliad 1:85-92 help!!

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Iliad 1:85-92 help!!

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Χαῖ?ε ω φίλοι!

I have been having some trouble reading this passage from Iliad 1:85-92...

"θα?σήσας μάλα εἰπὲ θεοπ?όπιον, ὃτι οἷσθα-
ο? μὰ γὰ? Ἁπόλλωνα διίφιλον, ᾦ τε σ?, Κάλχαν,
ε?χόμενος Δαναοῖσι θεοπ?οπίας ἀναφαίνεις,
οὕ τις ?μεῦ ζῶντος καὶ ?πὶ χθονὶ δε?κομένοιο
σοὶ κοίληις πα?ὰ νηυσὶ βα?είας χεῖ?ας ?ποίσει
συμπάντων Δαναῶν, ο?δ' ἣν Ἀγαμέμνονα εἳπηις, 90
ὃς νῦν πολλὸν ἃ?ιστος Ἀχαιῶν εὓχεται εἷναι."
καὶ τότε δὴ θά?σησε και ηὓδα μάντις ἀμ?μων-

now the many questions:

with what does the ο? of the second line go?... is it trying to say something like: "for surely not Apollo..."?

the third line really gets me confused; am i right with saying that the verb at the end goes with the participle at the beginning? "praying you reveal to the Danaeans the prophecies"?... or not? lol...

what is οὕ τις ?... origionally i though it to be a form of οστις but grammatically it doesnt fit... τις is not in the genetive...

Then also in this line there is the whole genetive absolute thing... which i still dont get lol...

and why in line 90 is εἳπηις subjunctive?

sorry for all the questions... just a tad confused.

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Re: Iliad 1:85-92 help!!

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megas_yiannakis

Post by megas_yiannakis »

thank you so much... its funny that with a bit of help everything can make such good sence... :D

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