This paper argues that in Classical Greek a number of degree adverbs (μάλιστα, ἥκιστα, and μᾶλλον... more This paper argues that in Classical Greek a number of degree adverbs (μάλιστα, ἥκιστα, and μᾶλλον, among others) can play a role in specifying the likelihood of potential events, acquiring the meaning ‘most likely’, ‘least likely’, and ‘more likely’, respectively, in certain contexts.
... Successive chairs from Bob Kaster to Shadi Bartsch and Humanities deans Phil Gossett andJanel... more ... Successive chairs from Bob Kaster to Shadi Bartsch and Humanities deans Phil Gossett andJanel Mueller provided the right environment for junior faculty to ... Edwards is more daring than I in applying a similar mode of analysis to Homeric epic and Aeschylean lyric, but I am in ...
The nominative forms ἐγώ and σύ of the Greek personal pronoun are traditionally described as excl... more The nominative forms ἐγώ and σύ of the Greek personal pronoun are traditionally described as exclusively'emphatic'. This paper argues, on the basis of examples from Plato and Sophocles, that these pronouns are often better understood as unemphatic, as becomes ...
In Herodotus 1.53. 3, the oracle of Delphi tells Croesus that if he goes to war against the Persi... more In Herodotus 1.53. 3, the oracle of Delphi tells Croesus that if he goes to war against the Persians, he will destroy" a great empire"(megdlen arkheri). It is only later that he will find out, to his detriment, just which empire the oracle refers to. A few chapters further on in the ...
Word Order in Ancient Greek A Pragmatic Account of Word Order Variation in Herodotus HelmaDik Bin... more Word Order in Ancient Greek A Pragmatic Account of Word Order Variation in Herodotus HelmaDik Binding info Hardback (304 pp. ... Read more... Author CV Helma Dik is Assistant Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures in the University of Chicago Read more... ...
This paper argues that in Classical Greek a number of degree adverbs (μάλιστα, ἥκιστα, and μᾶλλον... more This paper argues that in Classical Greek a number of degree adverbs (μάλιστα, ἥκιστα, and μᾶλλον, among others) can play a role in specifying the likelihood of potential events, acquiring the meaning ‘most likely’, ‘least likely’, and ‘more likely’, respectively, in certain contexts.
... Successive chairs from Bob Kaster to Shadi Bartsch and Humanities deans Phil Gossett andJanel... more ... Successive chairs from Bob Kaster to Shadi Bartsch and Humanities deans Phil Gossett andJanel Mueller provided the right environment for junior faculty to ... Edwards is more daring than I in applying a similar mode of analysis to Homeric epic and Aeschylean lyric, but I am in ...
The nominative forms ἐγώ and σύ of the Greek personal pronoun are traditionally described as excl... more The nominative forms ἐγώ and σύ of the Greek personal pronoun are traditionally described as exclusively'emphatic'. This paper argues, on the basis of examples from Plato and Sophocles, that these pronouns are often better understood as unemphatic, as becomes ...
In Herodotus 1.53. 3, the oracle of Delphi tells Croesus that if he goes to war against the Persi... more In Herodotus 1.53. 3, the oracle of Delphi tells Croesus that if he goes to war against the Persians, he will destroy" a great empire"(megdlen arkheri). It is only later that he will find out, to his detriment, just which empire the oracle refers to. A few chapters further on in the ...
Word Order in Ancient Greek A Pragmatic Account of Word Order Variation in Herodotus HelmaDik Bin... more Word Order in Ancient Greek A Pragmatic Account of Word Order Variation in Herodotus HelmaDik Binding info Hardback (304 pp. ... Read more... Author CV Helma Dik is Assistant Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures in the University of Chicago Read more... ...
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