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Homer makes the supplication scene of Iliad XXIV by introducing Priam with his standard epithets, "King Priam" of the "wide-reaching kingdom", to highlight the contrast with the realit...

The use of the middle voice conveys that the subject of the verb is doing the action upon themselves or for themselves. It often has a reflexive quality: παυομαι = I stop myself i.e. I cease. It can also ...

It is important to realise that Herodotus is unique in his approach to History. The word 'history' literally means 'enquiry', coming from the Greek 'ἱστορια', and all Herodotus does is therefore enquiring...

"τάς φύσεις" is accusative plural as it is an Accusative of Respect.
"[They] should be matched up according to their nature"

Essentially the difference between the two is in what is known as the 'aspect' of the action they refer to, which can be either continuous or instantaneous. For example, whereas 'δει υμιν λεγειν' means 'y...