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Chapter 2. The Libation
Table of Contents Title Preface Abbreviations Book I: Economy Section 1: Livestock and Wealth Chapter 1. Male and Sire Chapter 2. A Lexical Opposition in Need of Revision: sūs and porcus Chapter 3. Próbaton and the Homeric Economy Chapter 4. Livestock and Money: pecu and pecunia Section 2: Giving and Taking Chapter 5. Gift and Exchange Chapter 6. Read more
Catharine P. Roth, “Mixed Aorists” in Homeric Greek – Preface
Author’s Preface In the past seventeen years the so-called “mixed aorists” have not exactly mounted the chariot of controversy. There are, however, a few articles which should be mentioned now that this thesis is being published, without change except for the addition of this preface. [1] In 1971, M. I. Slavyatinskaya published a short article in Russian on “The Meaning and… Read more
Catharine P. Roth, “Mixed Aorists” in Homeric Greek – Introduction
Introduction The Homeric poems provide some of the easiest reading in Greek literature, as well as some of the most rewarding, and so we are introduced to them at an early stage in our study of the language. But when we learn more, we discover that Homeric Greek is not so simple after all. Some of its phenomena remain unexplained after two millennia of scholarship. For instance,… Read more
Catharine P. Roth, “Mixed Aorists” in Homeric Greek – Chapter 1: The History of the “Mixed Aorist” Problem
1. The History of the “Mixed Aorist” Problem The “mixed aorist” forms have been a subject for scholarly dispute as long as Homeric scholarship has existed. Aristarchus considered the problem of determining the correct spelling. At K 513, the scholia of Venetus A tell us that Aristarchus read ἐπεβήσετο but others ἐπεβήσατο. At Γ 262, Aristarchus preferred βήσετο, but refrained from altering the text, which had βήσατο:… Read more