Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges

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[*] 2641. Any form of statement (2153) may be used as a direct question. The interrogative meaning may be indicated only by the context, or it may be expressed by placing an emphatic word first or by the use of certain particles (2650, 2651).

ἐγὼ οὔ φημι; I say no? P. G. 446e, οὐ γὰρ ἀπεκρι_νάμην ὅτι εἴη ἡ καλλίστη; for did I not answer that it was the noblest art? 448 e, Ἕλληνες ὄντες βαρβάροις δουλεύσομεν; shall we, who are Greeks, be subject to barbarians? E. fr. 719, ἡγούμεθά τι τὸν θάνατον εἶναι; do we regard death as anything? P. Ph. 64c. Cp. 1831, 1832.