By Bryan Hainsworth, G. S. Kirk
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The nouns and 19 Cf. P. Kiparsky, in Oral Literature and the Formula, eds. B. A. Stolz and R. S. Shannon (Ann Arbor 1976) 74-81. 18 Formulas adjectives connected by the . . TE . . TE pattern are usually quasi-synonyms: ndxriv TE, yEVETjv TE TOKOV TE; or polar opposites: ipyov TE ETTOS TTOAEUOV TE TE, &v8pcov TE OECOV TE. Verse-end formulas are extended to the caesura by quasi-synonyms: 96VOV KCCI K-qpa lisXaivav, OdvaTOS KCC! uoTpa KpaTairj. 520). Noun-epithet formulas incorporate some fully functional adjectives (iras and TTOXUS the most obvious), but for the most part the word-group adds no information relevant to context that a single word would not convey.
501). It should be noted that the two occurrences are in close proximity (see §xvi). How far patterns beyond those of syntax help to form phrases is a more impalpable subject. Quasi-homonyms, such as 5f)uos and 6r)|i6s, interact: Triova 5-qiJiov - Triova 5r]|icp; but that is obviously a very limited resource. Examples of assonance that are certain are also rare: fj Further research established the equal importance of having for his use the factors adduced in §§ii-vii and has questioned the controlling role of formulas. 319. The effect of the break between the cola is evident (cf. ). g. name-epithet formulas in the introductions to direct speech. Many occur only two or three times. That may be due to chance, or to the fact that the expression is still in the process of becoming a formula. But low frequencies raise the possibility that some genuine formulas appear in our texts only once.