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472. Predicate in dual.

The dual occurs after a pair, irrespective of the gender.

“Κριτίας τε καὶ Ἀλκιβιάδης ἡκέτην ἄγοντε τὸν Πρόδικον”, PLATO, Protag. 317E; Critias and Alcibiades had brought Prodicus with them. “πῶς ἄν τις γένος καὶ μέρος ἐναργέστερον γνοίη, ὡς οὐ ταὐτόν ἐστον ἀλλ᾽ ἕτερον ἀλλήλοιν”; PLATO, Politic. 263A.

ISOC.9.17: “Τελαμῶνος μὲν Αἴας καὶ Τεῦκρος ἐγενέσθην, Πηλέως δ᾽ Ἀχιλλεύς”.

LYS. fr. 4 (Sch.): “Ἀξίοχος καὶ Ἀλκιβιάδης . . . ἔγημαν . . . Μεδοντιάδα τὴν Ἀβυδηνὴν καὶ ξυνῳκείτην” (115).

PLATO, Euthyd. 273B: “ἰδόντες δὲ αὐτὸν ὅ τε Διονυσόδωρος καὶ ὁ Εὐθύδημος πρῶτον μὲν ἐπιστάντε διελεγέσθην ἀλλήλοιν”. 289 C: “ἡ γὰρ λυροποιικὴ καὶ ἡ κιθαριστικὴ πολὺ διαφέρετον ἀλλήλοιν”. Politic. 263 A (see above). Protag. 317 E (see above).

AR. Vesp. 236-7: “ἡνίκ᾽ ἐν Βυζαντίῳ ξυνῆμεν” | “φρουροῦντ᾽ ἐγώ τε καὶ σύ”.

COM. Cratin. 2.147: “Στάσις δὲ καὶ πρεσβυγενὴς Κρόνος ἀλλήλοισι μιγέντε μέγιστον τίκτετον τύραννον”.

SOPH. El. 795: “οὔκουν Ὀρέστης καὶ σὺ παύσετον τάδε”;

HOM. Il. 1.6-7: “διαστήτην ἐρίσαντε” | “Ἀτρεΐδης τε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν καὶ δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς”.

“ Γλαῦκος δ᾽ Ἱππολόχοιο πάις καὶ Τυδέος υἱὸς
ἐς μέσον ἀμφοτέρων συνίτην μεμαῶτε μάχεσθαι
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Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.

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