aiōn 'life-force, lifetime'

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Iliad 1.052

The adverb aiei ‘forever’ is the old locative case of the noun aiōn ‘life-force, lifetime’. The use of the locative indicates that the ‘life-force’ keeps coming back to life by way ... Continue reading

Odyssey 5.160-161

At O.05.160, aiōn ‘life-force, lifetime’ is a potential recycling of time: see the comment on I.01.052. But such a recycling is threatened at O.05.161 by a linear prolongation of l ... Continue reading

Odyssey 18.204

See the comments at O.05.160–161 and I.01.052.See the comments at O.05.160–161 and I.01.052.See the comments at O.05.160–161 and I.01.052.See the comments at O.05.160–161 and I.01 ... Continue reading