[B-Greek] Correct reading of Philo text.......
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Oct 15 12:34:54 EDT 2003
At 11:10 AM -0500 10/15/03, Palm, David wrote:
>Dear Dr. Conrad,
>
>You wrote:
>
>>> Nevertheless there's a difference of meaning; with hEWS it must be hOU,
>and not OU. As David says, the OU makes no sense whereas in Hellenistic
>Greek hEWS hOU (or MECRIS hOU or ACRIS hOU) is the standard expression for
>"until such time as ... (x has happened)" <<
>
>Is it correct, then, that the text in the Loeb edition as well as TLG should
>be amended to read hEWS hOU rather than hEWS OU?
hEWS OU PEPRESBEUMEQA, MH APOKOYHiS TAS AMEINOUS ELPIDAS MURIADWN TOSOUTWN,
hAIS OUX hUPER KERDOUS ALL hUPER EUSEBEIAS ESTIN hH SPOUDH.
Upon second look I think that I was wrong here. Perhaps the sense is
rather, "So long as we have NOT presented our representation, do not cut
short the better hopes of so very, very many whose zeal is not for gain but
rather for reverence."
Euripides was right on this: hAI DEUTERAI PWS FRONTIDES SOFWTERAI.
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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