Topical (once) elegiacs at aoidoi.org

[Didymus]

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?

[annis]

Among other things ἀγαπῶ can shade into the sense of prefer. So οὐκ ἀγαπῶ as litotes for reject or the like.

[Didymus]

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!