[*] 249. 2. When the perfect is used as a present, the aorist may take a perfect translation.1 “πολλάκις ἐθαύμασα”, XEN. Mem. 1.1.1; I have often wondered. “ἔκτησο . . . αὐτὸς τά περ αὐτὸς ἐκτήσαο”, HDT.7.29; Keep thyself what thyself hast made. LYS.12.3: “πολλάκις εἰς πολλὴν ἀθυμίαν κατέστην, μὴ . . . ποιήσωμαι” . HDT.4.97: “οὐ γὰρ ἔδεισά κω μὴ ἑσσωθέωμεν ὑπὸ Σκυθέων μάχῃ”. 7.29 (see above). EUR. Alc. 541: “τεθνᾶσιν οἱ θανόντες: ἀλλ᾽ ἴθ̓ εἰς δόμους”, Once dead, the dead stay dead. Get thee within. fr. 507: “τί τοὺς θανόντας οὐκ ἐᾷς τεθνηκέναι”; AESCHYL. Cho. 504: “οὕτω γὰρ οὐ τέθνηκας οὐδέ περ θανών”, Thus (shalt thou show) thou art not dead though thou hast died. HOM. Od. 1.166-8: “νῦν δ᾽ ὁ μὲν ὣς ἀπόλωλε . . . τοῦ δ᾽ ὤλετο νόστιμον ἦμαρ”. Il. 13.623-4: “οὐδέ τι . . . ἐδδείσατε”. 772-3: “νῦν ὤλετο πᾶσα κατ᾽ ἄκρης Ἴλιος αἰπεινή”.
1 A. J. P. iv (1883), 429, note.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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