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On Conditional Sentences in Greek and Latin, and Indefinite Sentences in Greek

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

M. A. Bayfield
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The Classical Review , Volume 4 , Issue 5 , May 1890 , pp. 200 - 203
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Copyright © The Classical Association 1890

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page 200 note 1 See Classical Review, Nov. 1889, p. 417.

page 201 note 1 It is independent knowledge too which guides the hearer as to the conclusion intended to be drawn from the hypothetical statement. Thue. i. 9 writes . On this Kühner (Gramm. § 574) writes ‘aber er hatte eine Flotte, wie wir ans der Geschichte wissen; also konnte er auch ueber dieselben herrschen.’ But he has fallen into error from not examining the context. Thueydides is arguing that Agamemnon must have had a fleet, because, as Homer declares, he ruled the islands.

page 202 note 1 This explanation accounts for the use of under 1. A (β) of Conditional Sentences above: the reference is to an indefinite time, which the apodosis shows to be future. Did a Greek ever say for if he shall then write? Did he not say