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he had told just a moment ago that this man had been arrested and
taken to prison.
Id. 96,17-9 ... Èf1:JT,Aáaav 'wiJ TCovàv 1'8 BS(JoiJvs, rov lnstpsv ó (J~yaç
và máan Àtiç rwv à(Jfl-árwv . ..
Id. 178,37-180,2 .. , xai w(Jlasv rov fl-lai(J TCovàv Movar(J~, rov ûxsv
{JáÀSLV xansrávlOV ûç rijv avrijv à(Jfl-arwa{av, và fl-iv axaÄétpn . .•
Id. 220,3-5 ... 1}À(hv Ó fl-lai(J TCovàv Blaxovvr'Yjç ofl-n(Jóç rovç, rov w(Jlasv
, '''{J \ I ",
SlÇ ro s ya rov va nat(Jvn axonov ro anlnv rov • ..
In each of the three preceding examples the relat. clause is preceded
by the name of a person and informs us about what is his function.
Machairas wanted to give this information in an unemphatic way and
could not, therefore, make use of ónov (+ pronomen coniunctum: it is a
nonessential clause!) or 'rov noiov.
3.2.2. Chron. Mor.
3983-5 H
ro n(Jwrov aç groAáÇWfl-SV wç n(Jénu rijv Cw~v
IwÇ,
xai &v1'8(Jov náÀs à:n:o avro ro lnalvoç rov xóafl-ov,
ro àyanovaLV oE änav1'8ç onov ö'(Jfl-ara {Jaarovalv.
As to the relat. clause beginning with ro some may doubt whether it is
actually a nonessential clause. The foUowing example will convince them:
5750-2 HP
(ó à((!évr'Yjç rijç KU(JVialVaç)
à:n:o áfl-a(Jr{aç balfl-ovlxfjÇ, blà yvvalxoç ayan'Yjv
ro ÈnáOaalv Xl ä.ÀÀOl noÀÀoi ((!(JÓVlfl-Ol xai ar(Janw1'8ç!
óxánolOv rov xa{JsÀÀa(J{ov yvva'ixa È(Jw1'8vr'Yj ...
It is quite obvious that the relat. clause in 5751 is nonessential. But
is it actuaUy arelat. clause 1 Does not ro have an altogether different
function 1 It may be a pers. pronoun as weU! It is a fa ct that in the
Chron. Mor. one sometimes gets the impression that the relat. pronoun
rov rijv ro and the pers. pronoun are confused. There are too many examples
of rov rijv 'ro introducing a nonessential clause as compared to the other
texts, where, as we have observed in the preceding paragraph, it is a
very exceptional phenomenon. One can have the same doubts with
respect to rov in Livistr. E 2359 ff., mentioned in 3.2.1.
6301-3 H
Aotnóv, ûç rovro Èavvrvxsv Ó ((!(Jovlfl-Óns(Jóç rovç,
oanç sV(JéO'Yj arijv {JovÀijv rov n(Jtyxtnoç Èró1'8,
rov lÀsyav Xl wvófl-aCav fl-lai(J NlxóÀa Vii .Eaivr 'Ofl-é(J.
In this case our suspicions are confirmed by the other Ms: the version
of P offers a principal sentence with 'rov functioning as a pers. pronoun:
fl-lai(J NlxóÀaov rov ëÀsyav, vd .Ea'rofl-i(J 'ro ÈntxÀ'Yjv 216.
216 A similar case is 8103H.