... Here, as elsewhere, it refers to the elemental force or violence of a storm.See also the comment at I.11.670.This noun īs ‘force, violence, strength’ is a synonym of the noun biē. Here, as elsewhere, it ...
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... tning, I.17.737, in a thunderstorm that ravages the habitations of humankind with its selas ‘flash of light’ amidst the īs ‘force, violence, strength’ of a storm wind, I.17.739. For the special significa ...
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... as megas ‘great, big’, O.18.04, but he is ridiculously weak on the inside: that is, he lacks the epic inner quality of īs ‘force, violence, strength’, O.18.03. This quality, so blatantly lacking in the ...
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Iliad 11.668
Gregory Nagyis as synonymous with biēThis noun īs ‘force, violence, strength’ is a synonym of the noun biē. Continue reading
Iliad 11.670
Gregory Nagyis as synonymous with biēThis noun īs ‘force, violence, strength’ is a synonym of the noun biē. Continue reading
Iliad 15.383
Gregory Nagy... Here, as elsewhere, it refers to the elemental force or violence of a storm.See also the comment at I.11.670.This noun īs ‘force, violence, strength’ is a synonym of the noun biē. Here, as elsewhere, it ... Continue reading
Iliad 17.736–741
Gregory Nagy... tning, I.17.737, in a thunderstorm that ravages the habitations of humankind with its selas ‘flash of light’ amidst the īs ‘force, violence, strength’ of a storm wind, I.17.739. For the special significa ... Continue reading
Odyssey 18.001-117
Gregory Nagy... as megas ‘great, big’, O.18.04, but he is ridiculously weak on the inside: that is, he lacks the epic inner quality of īs ‘force, violence, strength’, O.18.03. This quality, so blatantly lacking in the ... Continue reading