[*] 236. Pluperfect of rapid relative completion. The pluperfect is sometimes used to denote rapid relative completion. The later Greek writers often abuse it.1 “τούτων γνωσθέντων οὐδεμίαν διατριβὴν ἐποιησάμην, ἀλλ᾽ εὐθὺς παρεκέκληντο μὲν οὓς εἶπον, προειρηκὼς δ᾽ ἦν αὐτοῖς, ἐφ̓ ἃ συνεληλυθότες ἦσαν, ἀνέγνωστο δ᾽ ὁ λόγος, ἐπῃνημένος δ᾽ ἦν καὶ τεθορυβημένος καὶ τετυχηκὼς ὧνπερ οἱ κατορθοῦντες ἐν ταῖς ἐπιδείξεσιν”, ISOC.12.233. ISOC.12.233(see above). XEN. Cyr. 1.4.5: “ταχὺ μὲν . . . ἀφίκετο . . ., ταχὺ δὲ παρῄει . . ., ταχὺ δὲ τὰ ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ θηρία ἀνηλώκει . . . ὥστε ὁ Ἀστυάγης οὐκέτ᾽ εἶχεν αὐτῷ συλλέγειν θηρία”. THUC.4.47.1: “ὡς δὲ . . . ἐκπλέοντες ελήφθησαν, ἐλέλυντό τε αἱ σπονδαὶ καὶ τοῖς Κερκυραίοις παρεδέδοντο οἱ πάντες”. HDT.1.79: “ὡς δέ οἱ ταῦτα ἔδοξε, καὶ ἐποίεε κατὰ τάχος: ἐλάσας γὰρ τὸν στρατὸν ἐς τὴν Λυδίην αὐτὸς ἄγγελος Κροίσῳ ἐληλύθεε”. HOM. Od. 1.360: “ἣ μὲν θαμβήσασα πάλιν οἶκόνδε βεβήκει”. Il. 4.134-6: “ἐν δ᾽ ἔπεσε ζωστῆρι ἀρηρότι πικρὸς ὀιστός:” | “διὰ μὲν ἂρ ζωστῆρος ὲλήλατο δαιδαλέοιο” | “καὶ διὰ θώρηκος πολυδαιδάλου ἠρήρειστο”. 13.593-5: “χεῖρα . . . Μενέλαος” | “τὴν βάλεν, ᾗ ῤ̔ ἔχε τόξον ἐύξοον: ἐν δ᾽ ἄρα τόξῳ” | “ἀντικρὺ διὰ χειρὸς ἐλήλατο χάλκεον ἔγχος”.
1 Rutherford, Babrius lxiii, but compare A. J. P. xvii (1896), 518 and 519.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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