Rethinking the Frequency, Primacy and Utility of Attendant Circumstance Participles
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ (‘Come and Take!’): Rethinking the Frequency, Primacy, and Utility of Attendant Circumstance Participles (full title) The phrase μολὼν λαβέ (“come and take”) is a classical expression of defiance. Plutarch (Moralia, Apoph. 51.11) reports that this phrase was the response of King Leonidas when King Xerxes demanded that the Spartans surrender their weapons on … Read more