Topical (once) elegiacs at aoidoi.org

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Didymus
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Topical (once) elegiacs at aoidoi.org

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I missed David Sansone's topical elegiacs when they were posted back in October. Now that I see them, can someone explain to me the function of ἀγαπῶν in the pentameter line?

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Among other things ἀγαπῶ can shade into the sense of prefer. So οὐκ ἀγαπῶ as litotes for reject or the like.
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Re: Topical (once) elegiacs at aoidoi.org

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Right, that is sensible enough, and what I had assumed. I suppose I had been led to expect a more literal ὁδός to answer the question, thus I was looking for an ἀγαπῶσαν uel sim. The change feels rather forced to me. In any event, one must certainly give credit for a well-titled poem!

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