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With verbs of saying such as "λεγω": ὁτι with the indicative mood and retaining the tense of the original direct speech. e.g. λεγω ὁτι Ἀχιλλευς καλος ἐστι With verbs of hoping and swearing such as ...

First things first, let's clarify what's going on here in the grammatical structure of the language. In English (and most modern foreign languages), verbs have two voices : the active and passive. 'Active' m...

We know that Tantalus had many possessions, many fields and a lot of wealth. χρῆμα - is a word that means money, wealth or just things. We might say today that he has a lot of stuff! It is a useful word whic...

A purpose clause is a sentence that expresses purpose - doing something in order that something else might happen. For example, 'he shouted so that the girl would help him', 'I went towards Athens to see the...

An articular infinitive , that is, an infinitive with an article, is a verbal noun . An article gives the doing word the same qualities of a noun, so an action can, for instance, be the subject or an object ...