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Post 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.

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Post 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

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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.

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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.
William S. Annis — http://www.aoidoi.org/http://www.scholiastae.org/
τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;

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Post by Tancredo »

Thanks!

In my mind it was a double consonant because of the transcription.
I have to think as a Greek.

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