Prog imperfective drift in ancient Greek? Reconsidering eimi 'be' with present participle

In this paper, I reconsider the diachrony of the Ancient Greek periphrastic construction of eimi 'be' with present participle by means of Bertinetto’s recently proposed model for the development of progressive grams (a process called ‘PROG imperfective drift’). While Bertinetto’s proposal sheds new light on the diachronic development of the construction, at the same time the evidence from Ancient Greek brings to light the need for modification and further refinement of the model (most importantly with regard to the role of what I call the ‘stative’ function, next to the diachronic source(s) of the construction). I furthermore show that eimi with present participle never fully developed a (focalized) progressive function, which can be explained in terms of ‘constructional competition’

Zu der Tübinger Theosophie

L'A. présente plusieurs corrections au texte grec dit « Théosophie de Tübingen », recueil d'extraits de la fin du Ve siècle ap. J.-C, publié pour la première fois par K. Buresch en 1889 et réédité en 1941 par H. Erbse, Fragmente griechischer Theosophien. Ces corrections portent sur les §§2, 14, 26, 46, sur les passages relatifs aux Sibylles de Cumes et d'Érythrées, sur les pp. 193, 194, 196 de la dissertation d'Erbse.Wifstrand Albert. Zu der Tübinger Theosophie. In: Revue des Études Grecques, tome 72, fascicule 339-343, Janvier-décembre 1959. pp. 119-122

Why it should be obvious that Euhemerus did not write his Sacred History to bolster ruler cult : A critical assessment and an alternative theory

The idea that Euhemerus wrote to bolster ruler cult is wide-spread, although it has nothing to support it if the evidence is analysed in detail. In the present artcile, that task is undertaken and the serious problems accompanying the theory are discussed. If we take Euhemerus' project as an attempt to forward a new theory as to how the anthropomorphic image of the divine had arisen, every single question prompted by the traditional explanation turns out to get its solution.    Del av större projekt med titeln Die Frage nach Berechtigung und Ursprung des anthropomorphen Gottesbildes im antiken Denken. </p