Homer's 'I' and Homer's 'we'

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Iliad 2.486

The ‘I’ of Homer is interchangeable with ‘we’. The ellipsis of successive ‘I’-s in this ‘we’ indicates a vertical succession of performers. The ‘I’ of Homer is interchangeable with ... Continue reading

Odyssey 1.010

Detail 1.I translate hamothen as ‘starting-from-any-single-point-of-departure’ as a way of differentiating this expression from enthen ‘starting-from-that-[specific-]point of depar ... Continue reading