Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges

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αὐτός EMPHATIC OR REFLEXIVE WITH OTHER PRONOUNS

[*] 1233. Of the plural forms, ἡμῶν αὐτῶν, etc. may be either emphatic or reflexive; αὐτῶν ἡμῶν, etc. are emphatic only; but σφῶν αὐτῶν is only reflexive (αὐτῶν σφῶν is not used). In Hom. αὐτόν may mean myself, thyself , or himself, and ἓ αὐτόν, οἷ αὐτῷ, etc. are either emphatic or reflexive.

[*] 1234. ἡμῶν (ὑ_μῶν, σφῶν) αὐτῶν often mean ‘their own men,’ ‘their own side’: φυλακὴν σφῶν τε αὐτῶν καὶ τῶν ξυμμάχων καταλιπόντες leaving a garrison (consisting) of their own men and of the allies T. 5.114.

[*] 1235. αὐτός, in agreement with the subject, may be used in conjunction with a reflexive pronoun for the sake of emphasis: ““αὐτοὶ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτῶν ἐχώρουν” they marched by themselves” X. A. 2.4.10, ““αὐτὸς . . . ἑαυτὸν ἐν μέσῳ κατετίθετο τοῦ στρατοπέδου” he located himself in the centre of the camp” X. C. 8.5.8.

[*] 1236. αὐτός may be added to a personal pronoun for emphasis. The forms ἐμὲ αὐτόν, αὐτόν με, etc. are not reflexive like ἐμαυτόν, etc. Thus, ““τοὺς παῖδας τοὺς ἐμοὺς ᾔσχυ_νε καὶ ἐμὲ αὐτὸν ὕ_βρισε” he disgraced my children and insulted me myself” L. 1.4. Cp. αὐτῷ μοι ἐπέσσυτο he sprang upon me myself E 459. Cp. 329 D.

[*] 1237. The force of αὐτός thus added is to differentiate. Thus ἐμὲ αὐτόν means myself and no other, ἐμαυτόν means simply myself without reference to others. ὑ_μᾶς αὐτούς is the usual order in the reflexive combination; but the differentiating you yourselves (and no others) may be ὑ_μᾶς αὐτούς or αὐτοὺς ὑ_μᾶς.