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Postby GlottalGreekGeek » Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:32 pm

αἰεὶ κινδύνῳ θῦμος τῆς πολλὰ φιλούσης ·
ἂν ῥαίηται κηÏ￾', ἦν φιλέοιτο σόος.


Should I have the last word be σόος (for θῦμος) or σόη (for ἡ φιλοῦσα)
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Postby annis » Sat Dec 17, 2005 12:07 am

Are you using κινδύνῳ to mean "in danger" here? I'm pretty sure you'd have to phrase that idea differently. κηÏ￾’ is κῆÏ￾?
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Postby annis » Sat Dec 17, 2005 12:14 am

And is ἦν = á¼￾άν?
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Postby GlottalGreekGeek » Sat Dec 17, 2005 12:23 am

Yes. Yes (sorry for forgetting the accent). Yes.
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