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Leonard Muellner, The meaning of Homeric εὔχομαι through its formulas
Acknowledgement
Table of symbols and formulas
I. Introduction
II. εὔχομαι in sacral contexts
III. εὔχομαι in secular contexts
IV. εὔχομαι in a legal context
Epilogue. The etymology of εὔχομαι
Appendix. The transitive usage of Vedic ūh-
Bibliography
Table of Symbols and Formulas
Symbols:
⧣: beginning or end of a poetic line
‖: masculine or feminine caesura, or, alternatively, = is parallel to
|: bucolic diaeresis
H‖: hephthemimeral caesura
*: (beside Homeric line citation, e.g. *Z 240) the phraseology of the line is anomalous in some respect
‖: masculine or feminine caesura, or, alternatively, = is parallel to
|: bucolic diaeresis
H‖: hephthemimeral caesura
*: (beside Homeric line citation, e.g. *Z 240) the phraseology of the line is anomalous in some respect
Formulas (referred to as (A), (B), etc.)
(A) ὥς ἔφατ᾽εὐχόμενος, τοῦ δ᾽ ἔκλυε - ⏑ ⏑ – ⏓ ⧣
(B) ὥς ἔφαθ᾽ οἱ δ᾽ ἄρα τοῦ μάλα μὲν κλύον ἠδὲ πίθοντο
(C) ἠμὲν δή ποτ᾽ ἐμεῦ πάρος ἔκλυες εὐξαμένοιο
(X) ‖ καὶ εὐχόμενος ἔπος ηὔδα ⧣
(Y) ὥς ἔφατ᾽ Ἀργείοισι δ᾽ ἄχος γένετ᾽ εὐξαμένοιο
(B) ὥς ἔφαθ᾽ οἱ δ᾽ ἄρα τοῦ μάλα μὲν κλύον ἠδὲ πίθοντο
(C) ἠμὲν δή ποτ᾽ ἐμεῦ πάρος ἔκλυες εὐξαμένοιο
(X) ‖ καὶ εὐχόμενος ἔπος ηὔδα ⧣
(Y) ὥς ἔφατ᾽ Ἀργείοισι δ᾽ ἄχος γένετ᾽ εὐξαμένοιο