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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Iliad 1.052
Gregory NagyThe 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
Gregory NagyAt 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
Gregory NagySee 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