David’s Performance text
Syllables in bold are dynamically prominent according to the new theory of the ancient Greek pitch accent. Digammas occasionally obtrude into history like Banquo’s ghost:
τὴν δὲ πολὺ πρῶτος ϝἴδε Τηλέμαχος θεοϝειδής,
ἧστο γὰρ ἐν μνηστῆρσι φίλον τετιημένος ἦτορ,
ὀσσόμενος πατέρ᾽ ἐσθλὸν ἐνὶ φρεσίν, εἴ ποθεν ἐλθών
μνηστήρων τῶν μὲν σκέδα…
