HELP: Scanning Line 1:89

Greek Homeric Greek and Early Greek Poetry
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Heya,

I’m having the dickens of a time trying to scan line 1:89 in the Iliad. Any help out there?

– – | – u u | – u u u | – – | – u u | – –

Obviously something is HORRIBLY wrong in my third foot. Can the “ba” in bareias be long? I’m I crazy? Which syllable I’m I mis-scanning?

Thanks for the help in advance!

KDG

2

hi, nhu- in nhusi/ is one syllable, like in line 26; that should fix it :slight_smile:

3

The “hu” dipthong! It was right in front of me all the time!

Thanks!

KDG