[B-Greek] PAROUSIA
furuli at online.no
furuli at online.no
Thu Apr 10 06:28:51 EDT 2003
Dear Ann,
I am sure that many list-members would be happy if you quoted one
classical passage (or two), and demonstrated that in this particular
context PAROUSIA can only be punctiliar and not durative. In other
words, please show that the author stresses the instantaneous
"coming" and not the resultant state of being present.
Best regards
Rolf Furuli
University of Oslo
>PAROUSIA in the papyri/inscriptions means "coming", "arrival", "visit",
>often but not always of the coming of an official (and their presence after
>their arrival), cf. P.Oxy 47; SIG3 741.111, 1V; SEG 821.10. See the cognate
>verb in an edict and speech of Nero which states that as many people as
>possible were to be present in Corinth on November 28, 67 AD. There's a good
>discussion in L. Robert, Hellenica 13 (1965) 129-131 on the cognate verb,
>used for gods from the time of Homer. The cognate verb appears in the future
>in P.XV.Cng 8.8, a letter stating that the correspondent (not an official)
>will be present at a court case. See also BGU 2211, a letter about an
>official's coming, "..who is now intending to be present.in the land".
>Ann Nyland
>
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