Can adverbs modify multiple verbs in multiple clauses?

Clayton Bartholomew (c.s.bartholomew@worldnet.att.net)
Wed, 30 Jul 1997 13:16:31 +0000

This is a syntax question. Can a single adverb in Attic or Koine
Greek modify more than one verb in more than one clause? The
text that raised this question is from Oedipus Rex line 364 (Oxford
text):

EIPW TI DHTA KALL, hIN ORGIZHi PLEON;

Shall I say more to tempt your anger more? (David Grene).

David Grene's translation started me thinking that PLEON was being
applied to both ORGIZHi and EIPW. I don't find anything in my NT
grammars or in Smyth or in Jebb, describing such a phenomena. I am
currently assuming that this is really just a translation quirk and
that PLEON only applies to the local verb. This question has been
teasing me for a week or two.

Clay Bartholomew
Three Tree Point