an oddity in the linguistic panoply of the ancient world.)1 Although the works were done in Great Britain (as was Comrie’s), they were done independently, with neither seeing the other’s work until published. As one might expect, since the two authors were analysing essentially the same primary material, and drawing upon the same traditions of research, the two works have similarities. But they have a significant number of differences as well. Areas of Agreement between Porter and Fanning As I see