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What is the primary difference in aspect between the Imperfect tense and the Aorist tense in Ancient Greek narrative prose?

Imperfect denotes a single completed action; Aorist denotes a continuous future event. Imperfect expresses ongoing or repeated past action (durative/imperfective aspect); Aorist expresses a simple past point-action (aspect of completion/punctiliar). Imperfect is used exclusively for dialogue; Aorist is used exclusively for descriptions. There is no difference in aspect; both tenses are completely interchangeable in classical prose.

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Imperfect expresses ongoing or repeated past action (durative/imperfective aspect); Aorist expresses a simple past point-action (aspect of completion/punctiliar).

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