[*] 521. kai\ to/n, kai\ th/n. In Attic prose “καὶ τόν, καὶ τήν” are used in oratio obliqua where “καὶ ὅς, καὶ ἥ” (see 522) would be used in oratio recta. In poetry and in HERODOTUS, the use is not limited to oratio obliqua. “ἔφη γὰρ . . . ἐρέσθαι αὐτὸν ὀ̔ποι ἴοι . . . καὶ τὸν εἰπεῖν ὅτι ἐπὶ δεῖπνον”, PLATO, Conv. 174A; He said that he asked him whither he was going and he made answer, To a banquet. PLATO, Conv. 174A (see above). XEN. An. No example. (See Joost, Sprachgebr. Xenophons in der Anabasis, p. 61.) Cyr. 1.3.9: “καὶ τὸν κελεῦσαι δοῦναι” . 4.2.13: “καὶ τὸν ἀποκρίνασθαι λέγεται” . HDT.1.24: “καὶ τοῖσι ἐσελθεῖν . . . ἡδονήν. 86: καὶ τοὺς . . . ἐπειρωτᾶν. 2.162: καὶ τῷ . . . ἐγίνετο. 4.5: καὶ τῶν . . . καὶ τόν. 9: καὶ τὸν . . . ἐθέλειν. 6.61: καὶ τὴν φράσαι. 8.88: καὶ τόν . . . καὶ τούς”. SOPH. O. C. 1699: “ὁπότε γε καὶ τὸν ἐν χεροῖν κατεῖχον” . AESCHYL. Eum. 174: “καὶ τὸν οὐκ ἐκλύσεται”. PIND. I. 7(8), 15: “ἰατὰ δ᾽ ἔστι βροτοῖς σύν γ᾽ ἐλευθερίᾳ καὶ τά”.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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