referred to by name. The person who was being tricked, the underdog, was referred to by a demonstrative pronoun (“the other one”) in both sections. An aspect that is specific to Greek is that a major participant is often referred to by a pronoun alone. This is a principle of economy and is probably related to the common use of ellipsis in Greek. It is expected that the hearer remembers what has been said previously and uses this information to understand the current text. Since major participants
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