| 14. Linguistic Exegesis The temporal phrase met’ ou polý {μετ’ οὐ πολὺ | met’ ou polý} ‘after not much time’ accents the swift transition from calm to crisis. The particle de {δέ | dé} ‘but’ connects this clause to the preceding context. The aorist verb é-ba-len {ἔβαλεν | é-ba-len} ‘it threw’ conveys sudden force, with kat’ au-tês {κατ’ αὐτῆς | kat’ au-tês} ‘against it’ foregrounding the ship as object of impact. The noun phrase anemos ty-phō-ni-kós {ἄνεμος τυφωνικὸς | á-ne-mos ty-phō-ni-kós} ‘a typhonic wind’ functions as subject, modified by the participle ho ka-loú-me-nos {ὁ καλούμενος | ho ka-loú-me-nos} ‘called,’ which attaches the specific name Euraký-lōn {Εὐρακύλων | Eu-ra-ký-lōn} to identify the gale. English rendering adopts subject–verb–object order to preserve clarity and the abrupt sense of collision. |