Expressions of Agency in Ancient Greek

(Part of the Cambridge Classical Studies Series)

by Coulter H. George

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Ancient Greek expressed the agents of passive verbs by a variety of means, and this work explores the language's development of prepositions which marked the agents of passive verbs. After an initial look at the pragmatics of agent constructions, it turns to this central question: under what conditions is the agent expressed by a construction other than hupo with the genitive? The book traces the development of these expressions from Homer through...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0521847893

ISBN13:9780521847896

Release Date:November 2005

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:298 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.5" x 8.8"

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