Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, Part IV: Syntax, THE SUBJECT

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[*] 927. The subject of a finite verb is in the nominative: Κῦρος ἐβόα_ Cyrus called out.

[*] 928. The subject nominative may be replaced

a. By a prepositional phrase in the accusative: ““ἐνθυ_μεῖσθε καθ᾽ ἑκάστους τε καὶ ξύμπαντες” consider individually and all together” T. 7.64.

b. By a genitive of the divided whole (1318): ““Πελληνεῖς δὲ κατὰ Θεσπιέα_ς γενόμενοι ἐμάχοντό τε καὶ ἐν χώρᾳ ἔπι_πτον ἑκατέρων” the Pellenians who were opposed to the Thespians kept up the contest and several on both sides fell on the spot” X. H. 4.2.20.

American Book Company, 1920.

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Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges