II. Etymology of Opaōn We have introduced etymological considerations from time to time in the analysis up to this point. It may be helpful, however, to examine the etymology of opaōn more closely. Chantraine traces opaōn back within Greek to an attestation of the dative form in Linear B texts as o-qa-wo-ni. [1] This forms suggests that there was at one time a digamma,… Read more
III. The Formulaic Use of Opazō In attempting to understand what a word means in traditional diction, it is necessary to examine the ways it is employed, the formulas of which it is a part. We may begin with Milman Parry’s definition of a formula as “a group of words which is regularly employed under the same metrical conditions to express a given essential idea.” [1]… Read more
IV. Variations on the Meaning of kudos in Light of the Combination *kudos opazein Earlier we examined in what ways *kudos opazein functions as a formula in the Homeric Epos. This formula is by no means the exclusive employment of kudos; this noun is both the subject and the object of many other words. Benveniste defines kudos in the light of the way it functions in action described by the… Read more
