[*] 1954. In subordinate clauses the pluperfect is rarely used to mark an action as anterior to an action already past:
I think this answers my question, because now I see that it was always in subordinate clauses where I have doubted.
(For Homer, Cunliffe’s Homer Lexicon is much better and easier to use than LSJ, I strongly recommend to switch to using it)
Thanks Paul, for the tip. I’ll start to use it, I see is much more concisse for what I need it.
That’s a difficult question, and we had a very long discussion on a related question on this subject on another thread (“Odyssey - Book II - Use of imperfect”)
Oh, that’s great, I will check it out.
http://discourse.textkit.com/t/odyssey-book-ii-use-of-imperfect/11269/1