Od. 7 123-126

Greek Homeric Greek and Early Greek Poetry
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ἔνθα δέ οἱ πολύκαρπος ἀλωὴ ἐρρίζωται,
τῆς ἕτερον μὲν θειλόπεδον λευρῷ ἐνὶ χώρῳ
τέρσεται ἠελίῳ, ἑτέρας δ᾽ ἄρα τε τρυγόωσιν,
ἄλλας δὲ τραπέουσι

If τρυγόωσιν/τραπέουσι are finite, where is their subject?

Could they be participles in the dative case? Ηere is my interpretation:

“There is a fruitful garden planted, one part of which, a sunny spot on level ground, becomes dry by the sun, while others are for gatherers and others for treaders.”

But I am not sure if participles can be used this way.

2

Your take would theoretically work if ἑτέρας and ἄλλας were nominative instead of accusative. The subjects of τρυγόωσιν and τραπέουσι are the indefinite “men, (workers)” forming a type of paraphrastic passive: “Some (grapes) (men) gather” equals “some grapes are gathered.”

3

You are right, I had forgotten that they were in the accussative. Thanks.