4. Audible Punctuation in Prosody 4.0 Introduction In the preceding chapters I have shown that developing grammatisation in Homer results in grammatical clauses of variable size, strung together into a progressive tendency with the aid of extra-clausal transitional constituents. Parts of the grammatical clauses take the shape of minor phonological phrases, as do the transitional constituents. Developing grammatisation seems to make use of… Read more
Introduction In the Iliad, the relationship of Mērionēs and Idomeneus plays a peripheral role as compared to the central relationship of Akhilleus and Patroklos. As we shall see, the behavior of Mērionēs and Idomeneus towards one another is a variation on the theme of the heroic relationship of Akhilleus and Patroklos. The Iliad also describes the relations of gods and men. The antagonism of Akhilleus and Apollo is set against… Read more
1. Mērionēs a. Mērionēs as opaōn The word opaōn is found in the Iliad principally in the context of characterizing the relationship between Mērionēs and Idomeneus. Mērionēs is called the opaōn of Idomeneus four times: τοῖσι, δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ᾽Ιδομενεὺς καὶ ὀπάων ᾽Ιδομενῆος Μηριόνης, ἀτάλαντος Ἐνυαλίῳ ἀνδρειφόντῃ … Η 165-66 = Θ263-64 σημαίνει φυλάκεσσι, καὶ ᾽Ιδομενῆος ὀπάωνΜηριόνης, τοῖσιν γὰρ ἐπετράπομέν γε μάλιστα. Κ 58-59 τὸν δὲ μετ᾽ Ἰδομενεὺς καὶ… Read more
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
