Two studies in the semantics of the verb in classical Greek
By: C.M.J Sicking & P. Stork.
Contributors: Stork, Peter.
Series: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava.; 160
Publisher: E.J. Brill
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Greek language -- Semantics.; Greek language -- Verb.
Description: In the first part of this volume insights gained in the field of discourse analysis are applied to the description of the contrast between aorist and present verb forms. The author has endeavoured to provide an explicit account of the actual functioning of these verb forms in their contexts. Special care has been given to reducing technical jargon in the interest of those who feel themselves classicists rather than professional linguists.

The second part offers an analysis of the use and distribution of the perfect in the classical period of ancient Greek, based on the complete relevant material in Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (tragic poetry), Aristophanes (comic poetry), Thucydides, Xenophon's Anabasis (historical prose), Lysias (rhetorical prose) and Xenophon's Opuscula (various prose types). The material is made accessible by several indices.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The synthetic perfect in classical Greek / by C.M.J. Sicking & P. Stork; title: Aspect choice / by C.M.J. Sicking.