Πο ο: Genealogy and Poetic Imagery of a Homeric Formula
The formula ο ο forms part of a simile which has acquired a context-free semantic aura disclosing Homeric eschatological beliefs. The pre-verbal Gestalt which was nascent in the formula ο ο was that of the terrified, panic-stricken young deer being attacked by some carnivorous predator when they were drinking water. The participles ο and ο determine this framework including two temporally distinct phases of the realization of the Gestalt: confusion and daze before the imminent menace (ο) and panic-stricken flight (ο). Thus, the οο notion expresses the concept of dangerous transition and the water imagery connotes destruction, imminent death.
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 September 2001
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