wishes correlated with premises

The expression of admiration here is amplified by way of a wish. And the admiration is the premise for the wish. For more on this kind of correlation of wishes and premises, see th ... Continue reading

analysis of how Hektor mirrors Athena (his ritual antagonist), here, with regard to his aspirations to timē like Athena and Apollo (and with regard to being Dios pais)Here is a wor ... Continue reading

Here is a working translation: ‘|825 If only I could be the child of aegis-bearing Zeus |826 for all days to come, and the Lady Hērā could be my mother, |827 and if only I could be ... Continue reading

We see at I.16.722 a wish that is predicated on confidence in some specific certainty: αἴθ ὅσον ἥσσων εἰμί, τόσον σέο φέρτερος εἴην ‘If only I could be superior to you—as surely as ... Continue reading

Here is what the divine artisan wishes as he proceeds to make a new set of armor for Achilles: ‘|464 If only I could have the power to hide him from sorrowful death, |465 when his ... Continue reading

The syntax of the wording at O.03.205–207 indicates that Telemachus is on the verge of giving up hope, but the fuller use of comparable syntax in the wording of Nestor at O.03.218– ... Continue reading

Syntactically, the premise here reinforces the probability of the wish. Syntactically, the premise here reinforces the probability of the wish. Syntactically, the premise here re ... Continue reading

Syntactically, the premise here reinforces the probability of the wish. See also the comment on O.14.440–441 Syntactically, the premise here reinforces the probability of the wish. ... Continue reading

The outrageousness of the wish here is correlated with the self-deluding assumption that is built into the premise. The outrageousness of the wish here is correlated with the self ... Continue reading

Here at O.17.494 the premise is indicated simply by way of houtōs ‘thus’. Here at O.17.494 the premise is indicated simply by way of houtōs ‘thus’. Here at O.17.494 the premise i ... Continue reading

Here at O.17.496–497 the wish is predicated on the wish that has just been uttered at O.17.494. That previous wish, since it is a curse, can be treated as a premise in its own righ ... Continue reading

Syntactically, the premise here reinforces the probability of the wish. See also the comments on O.14.440–441 and O.15.341–342. Syntactically, the premise here reinforces the prob ... Continue reading

In this case, a negative wish is correlated with a faulty premise.In this case, a negative wish is correlated with a faulty premise.In this case, a negative wish is correlated with ... Continue reading