τὸν μέν, ἐπὴν δὴ πρῶτον ἴδῃ φάος ἠελίοιο,
Νύμφαι μιν θρέψουσιν ὀρεσκῷοι βαθύκολποι,
αἳ τόδε ναιετάουσιν ὄρος μέγα τε ζάθεόν τε:
αἵ ῥ᾽ οὔτε θνητοῖς οὔτ᾽ ἀθανάτοισιν ἕπονται.
This is from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/te ... s-grc1:247
What's that rho in the fourth line?
Hymn to Aphrodite
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Re: Hymn to Aphrodite
I’d assume that it’s from the following, taken from BrillDAG:
ῥᾰ epic and lyr. encl. partic., see ἄρα | in trag. (lyr.) ἦ ῥα certainly AESCHL. Pers. 633 SOPH. Ai. 172; ἤ ῥα SOPH. Ai. 177.
It’s enclitic, which would also explain why the accent on αἵ is acute (αἵ ῥα → αἵ ῥ᾿).Jason A. Hare
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Re: Hymn to Aphrodite
Thank you! I think you got it.
I've been reading only NT and later Christian Greek for too long . . .
I've been reading only NT and later Christian Greek for too long . . .
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