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1. The Unit of Homeric Discourse: Enjambment, Special Speech and Metrically Defined Grammatisation

1. The Unit of Homeric Discourse: Enjambment, Special Speech and Metrically Defined Grammatisation 1.0 Introduction For the modern reader, the punctuation of a text furthers comprehension of its contents. In spoken language, the person speaking may use differences in intonation, tempo and articulatory prominence to further the audience’s comprehension of what is being said. Punctuation in printed texts mimics to a certain extent the purpose of… Read more

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2. The Grammatical Clause in Homer

2. The Grammatical Clause in Homer 2.0 Introduction In chapter 1, I have discussed the problems concerning the various ways in which the syntax of Homeric discourse has been analysed by, among others, Chantraine, Bakker, and Clark. Discussing the descriptions of Homeric syntax also included dealing with the issue of enjambment in Homer, and the concept of grammatisation within metrical boundaries. Existing studies of Homeric discourse… Read more

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3. Metrics and Phonology of Grammatical Clauses

3. Metrics and Phonology of Grammatical Clauses 3.0 Introduction The real compositional principle behind the verse-to-verse structure of both the Iliad and the Odyssey seems to be a progressive tendency that strings together a large and possibly infinite number of single-clause informational units. The progression results from continuation, itself due to transitional constituents with clear pragmatic value, but little semantic function. The grammatical clauses that this… Read more

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4. Audible Punctuation in Prosody

  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

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1. Mērionēs

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

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II. Etymology of Opaōn

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

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III. The Formulaic Use of Opazō

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

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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