William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb, chapter 23

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[*] 23. The present indicative represents an action as going on at the time of speaking or writing; as γράφω, I write, or I am writing.

An important exception occurs when the present indicative in indirect discourse denotes time which is present relatively to the leading verb. See above, 22; 669, 2; 674, 1.

Macmillan. London, Melbourne, Toronto. 1889. reprint edition:. St. Martin's Press. New York. 1965.

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