... e to his tīmē by Agamemnon when the over-king insults him. In general, penthos ‘grief’ is a synonym of akhos ‘grief’ in Homeric diction. The word penthos is used here to indicate the ‘grie ...
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... etaphor for explaining a linguistic process, to be defined here as the “Aeolic default.” In terms of such a definition, Homeric diction defaults to an Aeolic dialectal form, as here, in th ...
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Iliad 1.362
Gregory Nagy... e to his tīmē by Agamemnon when the over-king insults him. In general, penthos ‘grief’ is a synonym of akhos ‘grief’ in Homeric diction. The word penthos is used here to indicate the ‘grie ... Continue reading
Iliad 1.463
Gregory Nagy... etaphor for explaining a linguistic process, to be defined here as the “Aeolic default.” In terms of such a definition, Homeric diction defaults to an Aeolic dialectal form, as here, in th ... Continue reading