[21] 'However, if you care (λῇς) to stake a kid,--it's no great thing, but still I'll sing against you till you cry enough.' The form of the sentence is broken, and altered by the parenthesis.
ἀλλά γε is an unusual combination of particles (cf. Plato, Rep. 331 b ἀλλά γε ἓν ἀνθ᾽ ἑνὸς οὐκ ἐλάχιστον ἔγωγε θείην ἄν: A. Pal. iii. 6 ἀλλά γε τόξῳ θῆρα καθαιμάσσει Φοῖβος ἀπὸ σκοπιῆς). A word usually intervenes, as Isocr. 95 d διαμαρτὼν δὲ τῆς προσδοκίας ἀλλ᾽ οὖνͅ τήν γε εὔνοιαν κτήσει. οὐδὲν ἱερόν παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν μηδενὸς ἀξίων, Schol.Hide browse bar Your current position in the text is marked in blue. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position:
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The Idylls of Theocritus. R. J. Cholmeley, M.A. London. George Bell & Sons. 1901.
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