[*] 504. Repetition of the common attribute. The common attribute may be repeated for emphasis or rhetorical balance. So with “καὶ ... καί, μὲν ... δέ”. “ᾤετο κτήσεσθαι ἐκ τούτων ὄνομα μέγα καὶ δύναμιν με γάλην”, XEN. An. 2.6.17; He thought that he should acquire from this a great name and great power. “ἐξωπλίζετο” (sc. “ὁ στρατός”) “πολλοῖς μὲν καὶ καλοῖς χιτῶσι, πολλοῖς δὲ καὶ καλοῖς θώραξι καὶ κράνεσιν”, Cyr. 6.4.1; The army accoutred itself with many fine tunics, many fine corselets and helmets. DEM.18.27: “πολλῶν μὲν χρημάτων, πολλῶν δὲ στρατιωτῶν εὐπορήσας. 19.226: τοσαύτην κωφότητα καὶ τοσοῦτο σκότος. 227: ἓν ... σῶμ᾽ ἔχων καὶ ψυχὴν μίαν”. Cf. 22.66 (= 24.173): “πολλῶν μὲν στρατηγῶν ἠδικηκότων τὴν πόλιν, πολλῶν δὲ ῥητόρων”. PLATO, Cratyl. 436D: “δεῖ δὴ περὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς παντὸς πράγματος παντὶ ἀνδρὶ τὸν πολὺν λόγον εἶναι καὶ τὴν πολλὴν σκέψιν”. XEN. An. 2.6.17 (see above). Conv. 4.47: “πᾶσαι ... αἱ πόλεις καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη”. Cyr. 1.5.9: “πολὺν μὲν ὄλβον, πολλὴν δὲ εὐδαιμονίαν”. 6.4.1 (see above). THUC.6.20.4: “πολλοὶ μὲν γὰρ ὁπλῖται ἔνεισι καὶ τοξόται καὶ ἀκοντισταί, πολλαὶ δὲ τριήρεις καὶ ὄχλος ὁ πληρώσων αὐτάς”. HDT.5.30: “ἔχων στρατιήν τε πολλὴν καὶ πολλὰς νέας. 47: συνέσπετο οἰκηίῃ τε τριήρεϊ καὶ οἰκηίῃ ἀνδρῶν δαπάνῃ”. SOPH. El. 87-90: “ὥς μοι” | “πολλὰς μὲν θρήνων ᾠδάς”, | “πολλὰς δ᾽ ἀντήρεις ᾔσθου” | “στέρνων πληγάς”. AESCHYL. Suppl. 1006-7: “πρὸς ταῦτα μὴ πάθωμεν ὧν πολὺς πόνος”, | “πολὺς δὲ πόντος οὕνεκ᾽ ἠρόθη δορί”. THEOGN. 1051-2: “μή ποτ᾽ ἐπειγόμενος πρήξῃς χρέος, ἀλλὰ βαθείῃ” | “σῇ φρενὶ βούλευσαι σῷ ἀγαθῷ τε νόῳ”. HOM. Od. 11.202-3: “ἀλλά με σός τε πόθος σά τε μήδεα, φαίδιμ᾽ Ὀδυσσεῦ, σή τ᾽ ἀγανοφροσύνη μελιηδέα θυμὸν ἀπηύρα” (473).
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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