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by annis » Sun Nov 30, 2003 3:03 am
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."
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by Bert » Sun Nov 30, 2003 12:52 pm
Copious, Yep.
Fluid, Well... it slows the flow of my reading.
perplexing, Absolutely.
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by Emma_85 » Sun Nov 30, 2003 4:05 pm
Lol, well I try not to translate them where possible - that helps
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