A Reading Course in Homeric Greek
- NOTES
300 ἀρίγνωτ’ (and τοῖσι in 301) refer to δώματα πατρὸς ἐμοῦ in 299.
301 τέτυκται : 3 sg. pf. pass. of τεύχω.
302 οἷος : understand ἐστί.
303 ἥρως is a contraction of the genitive ἥρωος. κεκύθωσι = κύθωσι (aor. subj. of κεύθω) in a
Future More Vivid temporal construction (§247a in Book 1).
304 διελθέμεν : infinitive as imperative (§148 in Book 1)
305 ἧσται : for the forms of ἧμαι here and in 307 and 309, refer to §15.
306 θαῦμα ἰδέσθαι : “a wonder to behold.”
308 ποτικέκλιται αὐτῇ means either “is leaning against her” (i.e., Nausicaa’s mother) or “is
leaning against it” (i.e., the κ ́ῑων, as is the queen, 307).
309 τῷ, whose antecedent is θρόνος, should be taken with ἐφήμενος. The final syllable of
ἀθάνατος is lengthened before an original σϝως. ὥς : when ὡς meaning “as” follows the
word it governs, it receives a pitch mark.
311 βάλλειν : infinitive as imperative (§148 in Book 1).
312 εἰ καὶ : “even if.”
313 φίλα : “friendliness” or “friendly thoughts.” φρονέῃσ’ = φρονέῃ (subj. in Pres. General
condition; §247b in Book 1).