eukhesthai 'pray'

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Iliad 2.402-429 anchor comment on: prayers heeded or not heeded by gods

Epitomized from Nagy 2015 §85. Here at I.02.402–429, when Agamemnon sacrifices an ox to Zeus, I.02.402–403, 422, he makes a wish-in-prayer, as expressed by the verb eukhesthai, I.0 ... Continue reading

Iliad 4.118-121

Epitomized from Nagy 2015 §85. When the hero Pandaros makes his announcement-in-prayer, as expressed by the verb eukhesthai, I.04.119, he says that he will perform an animal sacrif ... Continue reading