Allen Rogers Benner, Selections from Homer's Iliad, A Short Homeric Grammar, Syntax, section 14

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A Short Homeric Grammar

Inflections and Word Formation

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The historical present is not found in Homer. All presents are real presents and must be translated as such.

Selections from Homer's Iliad, with an introduction, notes, a short Homeric grammar, and a vocabulary. Allen Rogers Benner. New York. Irvington Publishers, Inc. 1903.

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