metre-1st verse of Odyssey

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Miltiades
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metre-1st verse of Odyssey

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what's your opinion on the 3rd syllable?



[size=150]ἄνδρα [b]μοι[/b] ἔννεπε, μοῦσα, πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ[/size]

_ U ? | _ U U | _ U U | _ U U | _ U U | _ _

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It is short by position.

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I've just noticed your signature and I have a question. Which is correct, according to what really Sokrates said?:


[size=167]οἶδα οὐδὲν εἰδῶς[/size]

or yours?

I don't know, having seen both of them.

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Surion wrote:I've just noticed your signature and I have a question. Which is correct, according to what really Sokrates said?:


[size=167]οἶδα οὐδὲν εἰδῶς[/size]

or yours?

I don't know, having seen both of them.

I think it's the one i use. I believe so because the antithesis is expressed in a great way!!!! We have two nouns totally opposite used in two sentences that one defines the other!!!! GREAT CONCEPTION

I know one thing, that i know nothing!!!!!

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hmmm

I just noticed that [size=150]οἶδα οὐδὲν εἰδῶς[/size] is very neat due to the assonance of d and o (as it sounds in anciant greek). Now i have the same question as u......




God i love this when it happens

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