The Optative Mood

Streaming video - 2016

The last of the moods is the optative, which expresses a wish—as in line 42 of the Iliad, where the priest Chryses implores Apollo, "May the Danaans requite my tears…."Find more examples of this easily recognized form in the New Testament. Then continue your reading of the Iliad with lines 53-58.

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Educational films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : The Great Courses 2016.
2017.
Language
English
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A Kanopy streaming video
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Title from title frames.
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Film
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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00:31:40
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).