[*] 482. Combined subjects of different persons. When the persons of combined subjects are different, the first person is preferred to the second, the second to the third, or else the person is determined by the nearest subject. “ἀεὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ σὸς πατὴρ ... φίλω ἦμεν”, PLATO, Lach. 180E; Your father and I were always good friends. “ἐγὼ οὖν καὶ σὺ μὴ πάθωμεν ὃ ἄλλοις ἐπιτιμῶμεν”, Phaedr. 237 C; Let you and me not get into the predicament which we find so much fault with in others. ISAE. 7.45: “ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ ὁ ἐμὸς πάππος εὐεργέται γεγόναμεν αὐτοῦ”. PLATO, Euthyd. 279D: “ὀλίγου καταγέλαστοι ἐγενόμεθα ὑπὸ τῶν ξένων ἐγώ τε καὶ σύ” (469). 286 A: “τί οὖν δὴ τοῦτο; ... ἧττόν τι ἀντιλέγομεν ἐγώ τε καὶ σύ”; Gorg. 515 E: “ἀλλὰ οἶδα σαφῶς καὶ ἐγὼ καὶ σὺ ὅτι κτἑ”. Lach. 180 E (see above). Legg. 770 C: “Μέγιλλος μὲν γὰρ καὶ ἐγὼ καὶ Κλεινίας εἰρήκαμέν τε αὐτὰ ἀλλήλοις οὐκ ὀλιγάκις ὁμολογοῦμέν τε λέγεσθαι καλῶς”. Lys. 223B (60). Phaedr. 237 C (see above). Theaet. 154 D-E: “εἰ ... δεινοὶ καὶ σοφοὶ ἐγώ τε καὶ σὺ ἦμεν ... ἤδη ἂν ... ἀλλήλων τοὺς λόγους τοῖς λόγοις ἐκρούομεν”. Ibid. 163 A: “ἀλλ᾽ οὐ δίκαιον ... οὔτε σὺ οὔτε ἂν ἡμεῖς φαῖμεν”. XEN. An. 2.1.16: “σύ τε γὰρ Ἕλλην εἶ καὶ ἡμεῖς”. An. 7.7.16: “ἀλλ᾽ ἐγὼ μὲν λέγω, ἔφη, καὶ Σεύθης ταὐτά”. Cyr. 7.4.5: “τούτοις Κῦρός τε καὶ ἡμεῖς πολέμιοι ἐσόμεθα”. Mem. 4.4.7: “οὔτε σὺ οὔτ᾽ ἂν ἄλλος οὐδεὶς δύναιτ᾽ ἀντειπεῖν”. AR. Av. 131: “ὅπως παρέσῃ μοι καὶ σὺ καὶ τὰ παιδία” . Pl. 620-1: “ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ σύ γ᾽ ὡς τάχιστα τὸν θεὸν” | “ἐγκατακλινοῦντ᾽ ἄγωμεν εἰς Ἀσκληπιοῦ”. SOPH. El. 622-3: “ἦ σ᾽ ἐγὼ καὶ τἄμ᾽ ἔπη” | “καὶ τἄργα τἀμὰ πόλλ᾽ ἄγαν λέ-” “γειν ποιεῖ. 795: οὔκουν Ὀρέστης καὶ σὺ παύσετον τάδε”; O. R. 401-2: “κλάων δοκεῖς μοι καὶ σὺ χὠ συνθεὶς τάδε” | “ἁγηλατήσειν. 1020: ἀλλ᾽ οὔ σ᾽ ἐγείνατ᾽ οὔτ᾽ ἐκεῖνος οὔτ᾽ ἐγώ”. AESCHYL. Suppl. 938-9: “ἐν χρόνῳ μαθὼν” | “εἴσῃ σύ τ᾽ αὐτὸς χοἰ ξυνέμποροι σέθεν”.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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