[B-Greek] Proleptic Aorist question

Elizabeth Kline kline-dekooning at earthlink.net
Sun Sep 11 11:15:42 EDT 2005


On Sep 11, 2005, at 2:23 AM, R Yochanan Bitan Buth wrote:

> 2. Here is an unambiguous classical example of the aorist used for  
> the future:
>

Here is another one Iliad 9:412-413:

εἰ μέν κ’ αὖθι μένων Τρώων πόλιν  
ἀμφιμάχωμαι,
ὤλετο μέν μοι νόστος ...

EI MEN K' AUQI MENWN TRWWN POLIN AMFIMACWMAI,
WLETO MEN MOI NOSTOS  ...

If I hang around the city of the Trojans fighting,
my return home is lost ...

See H.W. Smyth 1334,2326b

Elizabeth Kline







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