[*] 384. ti/ pa/qw; Notice the frequent use of “τί πάθω”; What am I to submit to in order to a certain end? What is to become of me? is one side, What am I to do? is another. “τὸ μέλλον, εἰ χρή, πείσομαι. τί γὰρ πάθω”; EUR. Phoen. 895; What is to come. I'll bear, if need be. What's the odds? (Let fate do her worst.) HDT.4.118: “τί γὰρ πάθωμεν μὴ βουλομένων ὑμέων τιμωρέειν”; AR. Av. 1432: “τί γὰρ πάθω; σκάπτειν γὰρ οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι” . Lys. 884: “οἷον τὸ τεκεῖν: καταβατέον. τί γὰρ πάθω;” 954. Eccl. 860. Pl. 603. (Cf. Nub. 461: “τί πείσομαι;” Ibid. 791. Vesp. 1000. Eccl. 911.) EUR. Phoen. 895 (see above). SOPH. Tr. 973: “τί πάθω; τί δὲ μήσομαι; οἴμοι”. HOM. Od. 5.465: “ὤ μοι ἐγώ, τί πάθω; τί νύ μοι μήκιστα γένηται”; Il. 11.404-5: “ὤ μοι ἐγώ, τί πάθω; μέγα μὲν κακόν, αἴ κε φέβωμαι” | “πληθὺν ταρβήσας”.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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