Thuc. 1.83.3

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chibibaiyun
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Thuc. 1.83.3

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πορισώμεθα οὖν πρῶτον αὐτήν, καὶ μὴ τοῖς τῶν ξυμμάχων λόγοις πρότερον ἐπαιρώμεθα, οἵπερ δὲ καὶ τῶν ἀποβαινόντων τὸ πλέον ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα τῆς αἰτίας ἕξομεν, οὗτοι καὶ καθ᾽ ἡσυχίαν τι αὐτῶν προΐδωμεν.

question:here οἵπερ and οὗτοι are relative prons? why the case is normative? a normative pron relative is necessary? I feel much weird!

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Re: Thuc. 1.83.3

Post by modus.irrealis »

The structure of the the second part that starts οἵπερ δὲ... is

we who will have most of the responsibility... should also take thought for...

So οἵπερ is a relative pronoun but it refers forward to οὗτοι. The tricky thing is that they both refer to "we", and οὗτος can be used to refer to the first person.

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Re: Thuc. 1.83.3

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thanks a lot!

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