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 ...
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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 ...
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Iliad 2.486
Gregory NagyThe ‘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
Gregory NagyDetail 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