From: clayton stirling bartholomew (c.s.bartholomew@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Fri Dec 19 1997 - 04:06:00 EST
Jonathan Robie wrote:
>
> At 09:01 PM 12/17/97 +0000, clayton stirling bartholomew wrote:
>
> >EI TIS EIS AICMALWSIAN
> > EIS AICMALWSIAN hUPAGEI
> >EI TIS EN MACAIRHi APOKTANQHNAI
> > AUTON EN MACAIRHi APOKTANQHNAI
>
> >I realize in looking over my post that I have not addressed
> >your real question which was about how this verse hangs together
> >structurally. In looking over these four lines I cannot find
> >anything difficult about their structure.
>
> Well, there is no verb in the phrase EI TIS EIS AICMALWSIAN, and to me it
> feels like there should be one.
>
The verb that would be used would be some form of EIMI which is optional even
in straight prose and this is not straight prose but something more like
poetry.
-- Clayton Stirling Bartholomew Three Tree Point P.O. Box 255 Seahurst WA 98062
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