Greek 101: Learning an Ancient Language Season 1 Episode 26 The Optative Mood
- TV-PG
- March 4, 2016
- 31 min
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, €œMay 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.