Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, Tenses, Imperfect Tense<a id="note-link1" href="#note1">1</a>, chapter 217 <a href="#note-link1">1</a> See B. L. G., A. J. P. iv (1883), 158-65; C. W. E. Miller, A. J. P. xvi (1895), 139-185.</p>

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Tense in general

Pluperfect Tense

Future Perfect Tense

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[*] 217. The imperfect as the tense of past impressions is used:

In descriptions of scenery
Of points previously assumed
Of views previously held
Of sudden appreciation of real state of affairs

Imperfect in description of scenery.—In descriptions of scenery as well as of events.

“τὸ δ᾽ Ἑλληνικὸν εἰς Λεύκοφρυν” (sc. “ἀπῆλθεν”), “ἔνθα ἦν Ἀρτέμιδος . . . ἱερὸν μάλα ἅγιον”, XEN. Hell. 3.2.19.

Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.

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