David’s Performance text
Syllables in bold are dynamically prominent according to the new theory of the ancient Greek pitch accent. Digammas occasionally obtrude:
ὣς φάτο, μείδησεν δὲ βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Μενέλαϝος,
χειρί τέ μιν κατέρεξεν ἔπος τ᾽ ἔφατ᾽ ἔκ τ᾽ ὀνόμαζεν:
‘αἵματός εἰς ἀγαθοῖο, φίλον τέκος, οἷ᾽ ἀγορεύεις:
τοιγὰρ ἐγώ τοι ταῦτα μεταστήσω: δύναμαι γάρ.
δώρων …
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