My student's Odyssey i-xii by W.B. Stanford has a sketch of the Homeric language. This is his summary after a quick list of the particles, which I thought some others would appreciate:
"Homer's use of particles is copious, fluid and perplexing."
"Homer's use of particles..."
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"Homer's use of particles..."
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Re: "Homer's use of particles..."
Copious, Yep.
Fluid, Well... it slows the flow of my reading.
perplexing, Absolutely.
Fluid, Well... it slows the flow of my reading.
perplexing, Absolutely.
