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Greek Homeric Greek and Early Greek Poetry
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I don’t know why I keep having questions doing a review, I should have it all figured out by now…(just kidding.)
I can’t figure out the form of ἐδάμησαν[face=Arial][/face] If it is a aorist it would have been ἐδάμασαν would it not? So what is it?
Thanks

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Hi Bert,

It looks like an aorist in the passive voice. “The Achaeans were crushed …”

Cordially,

Paul

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Yes, it is. We find Indicative [size=150]ἐδάμην, ἐδάμη [/size], Infinitive [size=150]δαμῆναι…[/size]

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Thanks. I thought I had eliminated that possibility because aorist passive is listed as ἐδαμάσθην so that would make the 3rd person pl [face=Arial][/face]ἐδαμασθησαν.
Is [face=Arial][/face]ἐδάμησαν just an alternate form?
Maybe I’ll have to break down and get a Homeric vocabulary quide.

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Yep. One I personally have been unable to find in Pharr, which is annoying.

Maybe I’ll have to break down and get a Homeric vocabulary quide.

Cunliffe devotes a bit more than a full column to δαμάζω, about half of which is a listing of various forms.