γένους ἅπαντος: Dem. or. 19 § 71 (“τοῖς θεοῖς”) “εὔχεσθ᾽ ἐξώλη ποιεῖν αὐτὸν καὶ γένος καὶ οἰκίαν”. Lys. or. 12 § 10 “ὤμοσεν ἐξώλειαν ἑαυτῷ καὶ τοῖς παισὶν ἐπαρώμενος.” ῥίζαν ἐξημημένος, with his race extirpated from the root,—i.e., may there be no survivor to continue it. Cp. El. 765“πρόρριζον..ἔφθαρται γένος”: Lucian Tyr. 13“πανωλεθρία παντὸς τοῦ γένους καὶ ῥιζόθεν τὸ δεινὸν ἅπαν ἐκκεκομμένον”. So Antigone and her sister are the “ἐσχάτη ῥίζα” of their house ( Ant. 599 f.). For the constr. of the pass. verb with acc., cp. Tr. 157“δέλτον ἐγγεγραμμένην ι ξυνθήμαθ̓” (n.): Xen. An. 2. 6. 1“ἀποτμηθέντες τὰς κεφαλάς”: Xen. Cyr. 5. 2. 32“τραύματα ἐπιδεδεμένους”. For the use of “ἐξαμᾶν”, cp. Paus. 8. 7. 7“ἔμελλε δὲ ἄρα ὁ δαίμων καὶ τὸ γένος τὸ Κασσάνδρου κακῶς ἐξαμήσειν”.
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