[*] 516. Substantive article preceded by me/n or de/. Prepositions generally attract “μέν” and “δέ” and change the order. The same thing occurs in other contrasted groups. “ἐν μὲν ἄρα τοῖς συμφωνοῦμεν, ἐν δὲ τοῖς οὔ”, PLATO, Phaedr. 263B; In some things we are in accord, in others not. “οὐδὲ τἆλλα δύο ἢ τρία μιᾷ πόλει, ἀλλὰ τὸ μὲν τῇ τὸ δὲ τῇ”, XEN. [R.A.] 2.12; And so of everything else, two or three are not found together in one city, but one in one, another in another. DEM.15.10: “ἀλλ᾽ ὑπὲρ μὲν τῶν . . . μέχρι τοῦ δυνατοῦ πάντες πολεμοῦσιν, ὑπὲρ δὲ τοῦ πλεονεκτεῖν οὐχ οὕτως”. LYS. [2], 9: “ὑπὲρ ἀμφοτέρων ἐκινδύνευσαν, ὑπὲρ μὲν τῶν, ἵνα μηκέτι . . . ἐξυβρίσωσιν, ὑπὲρ δὲ τῶν ἑτέρων, ἵνα μὴ κτἑ” . PLATO, Phaedr. 263B (see above). Rpb. 453 A: “εἰς τὰ μὲν” (exception) “οἵα τε, εἰς δὲ τὰ οὔ”. 467 D: “εἰς μὲν ἄρα τὰς ἄξουσιν, εἰς δὲ τὰς εὐλαβήσονται”. Rpb. 546 C: “τὴν δὲ ἰσομήκη μὲν τῇ, προμήκη δέ”. XEN. [R.A.] 2.8: “ἔπειτα φωνὴν πᾶσαν ἀκούοντες ἐξελέξαντο τοῦτο μὲν ἐκ τῆς τοῦτο δὲ ἐκ τῆς. 11: παρὰ μὲν τοῦ . . . παρὰ δὲ τοῦ . . . παρὰ δὲ τοῦ . . . παρὰ δὲ τοῦ . . . παρὰ δὲ τοῦ”. 12 (see above). THUC.3.61.1: “νῦν δὲ πρὸς μὲν τὰ ἀντειπεῖν δεῖ, τῶν δὲ ἔλεγχον ποιήσασθαι.” 3.82.7: “καὶ τῷ μὲν αἰσχύνονται, ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ ἀγάλλονται.” 6.66.1: “τῇ μὲν γὰρ τειχία τε καὶ οἰκίαι εἶργον . . ., παρὰ δὲ τὸ κρημνοί” . HDT.1.87: “ἐν μὲν γὰρ τῇ” (sc. “εἰρήνῃ”) “οἱ παῖδες τοὺς πατέρας θάπτουσι, ἐν δὲ τῷ” (sc. “πολέμῳ”) “οἱ πατέρες τοὺς παῖδας. 2.138: ἣ μὲν τῇ περιρρέουσα, ἣ δὲ τῇ”. EUR. Alc. 264-5: “οἰκτρὰν φίλοισιν, ἐκ δὲ τῶν μάλιστ᾽ ἐμοὶ” | “καὶ παισίν”. Suppl. 207-8: “πρὸς δὲ τοῖσι χείματος” | “προβλήματ”（“α”). SOPH. Ant. 557: “καλῶς σὺ μὲν τοῖς, τοῖς δ᾽ ἐγὼ ᾿δόκουν φρονεῖν” . O. C. 742: “ἐκ δὲ τῶν μάλιστ᾽ ἐγώ” . AESCHYL. Eum. 1-2: “πρῶτον μὲν . . . πρεσβεύω” . . . | “τὴν πρωτόμαντιν Γαῖαν: ἐκ δὲ τῆς Θέμιν. 693: ἐν δὲ τῷ”. 784 (= 814); “ἐκ δὲ τοῦ”. PIND. N. 7.55: “ὃ μὲν τά, τὰ δ᾽ ἄλλοι”.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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