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 …
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