by Bert » Thu Jul 24, 2003 2:24 am
In line 4&5 of the Iliad it says [face=SPIonic]au)tou\j de\ e(lw/ria teu=xe ku/nessin oi)wnoi=si/ te dai=ta,..[/face]<br />In the notes after the text (Pharr) it says that -autous- means themseles, ie. their bodies.<br />In context this makes sence, but only because the dogs and birds can't eat souls.<br />When ever I read this over, I almost automaticaly read -them- instead of themselves. It just seems that the antecedent is [face=SPIonic]polla\j i)fqi/mouj yuxa\j h(rw/wn[/face]<br />It makes sence for [face=SPIonic]au)to/j , -h/, -o/[/face] to mean himself or themselves if it is in the nominative case,for then it adds an emphasis to the subject. In this sentence it just appears to be the object of [face=SPIonic] teu=xe[/face].<br />Where am I going wrong in my reasoning?