[B-Greek] POLIAS kai KNHMAS

Barry H. nebarry at verizon.net
Thu Apr 16 08:58:18 EDT 2009


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Sanders" <john.franklin.sanders at gmail.com>
To: <lightmanmark at yahoo.com>
Cc: <B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 6:42 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] POLIAS kai KNHMAS


> 3)  Now concerning Mark's idea that in this case the Greek article can
> be function as a possessive adjective.  One can present it that way, but I
> do not think it is accurate.  For my part, I look at this in three 
> possible
> steps:  1) how the Greek works, 2) how we can represent how the Greek 
> works
> in English, and 3) how we would translate the Greek in English.

Actually, John, it's a pretty standard feature of the language to omit the 
possessive where it may be clear from context, but to retain the article.

N.E. Barry Hofstetter
Adjunct Faculty, Classics @ Montclair State University
http://www.montclair.edu/
Classics & Bible Instructor @ The American Academy
http://theamericanacademy.net

http://my.opera.com/barryhofstetter/blog 




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