Odyssey δ 4.675-95

David’s Performance text

Syllables in bold are dynamically prominent according to the new theory of the ancient Greek pitch accent. Digammas occasionally obtrude. Adapted from the edition of M. L. West:

οὐδ᾽ ἄρα Πηνελόπεια πολὺν χρόνον ἦεν ἄπυστος

μύθων, οὓς μνηστῆρες ἐνὶ φρεσὶ βυσσοδόμευον:

κῆρυξ γάρ ϝοἱ ἔϝειπε Μέδων, ὃς ἐπεύθετο βουλάς

αὐλῆς ἐκτὸς ἐών, οἳ …