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[*] 553. Article with chorographic genitive and partitive genitive of name of country. The Chorographic Genitive (cf. “Bethlehem of Judaea”) generally takes the article and so does the Postpositive Partitive Genitive of the name of a country. “ἐν Μηθύμνῃ τῆς Λέσβου”, XEN. Hell. 1.2.12. “τῆς Λέσβου ἐπὶ Μήθυμναν”, XEN. Hell. 1.6.12. “οὐδαμοῖ τῆς Θρᾴκης”, DEM.23.166. “Αἰγύπτου τὰ πλείω”, THUC.1.104.1.But “Φοινίκης ἐς Σιδῶνα πόλιν”, HDT.3.136, and very exceptional: “μέρος τέταρτον Εὐβοίας”, DEM.23.213. ORATORES ATTICI: The Orators follow the rule, but names that would take the article at any rate do not count. Exception: DEM.23.213(see above). DEM.9.35: “Χερρονήσου τὴν μεγίστην ἔχει πόλιν Καρδίαν. 23.166: οὐκ ἐπὶ τῆς Θρᾴκης τόπον οὐδέν᾽ οὐδὲ χωρίον . . . οὐδαμοῖ τῆς Θρᾴκης”. But different ibid. “ἣ Χερρονήσου μέν ἐστι καὶ ἦν ὑμετέρα”. Cf. 23.182: “ὥσπερ Χαλκὶς τῷ τόπῳ τῆς Εὐβοίας πρὸς τῆς Βοιωτίας κεῖται, οὕτω Χερρονήσου κεῖται πρὸς τῆς Θρᾴκης ἡ Καρδιανῶν πόλις” (on the Boeotian side of Euboea — on the Thracian side of the Chersonesus). 23.213 (exception; see above). [50], 46: “ἐκ Μεθώνης τῆς Μακεδονίας”. AESCHIN. [Ep.] 1.1: “εἰς Κορησσὸν τὴν Κείων” (v. l. “Κέω; τῆς Κέω”, Taylor). ISAE. 5.42: “τῆς Ὀλυσίας ἐν Σπαρτώλῳ”. (Example doubtful. “Ὀλυσία” not known; ““Ὀλυνθίας” Palmer, cf. Thuc.2.79.” If “Ὀλυνθίας” be the correct reading, the ex. does not belong here, as “Ὀλ”. of itself would require the article.) ISOC.8.24: “καὶ μὲν δὴ καὶ τῆς Θρᾴκης ἡμῖν ἐξέσται τοσαύτην ἀποτεμέσθαι χώραν”. (Doubtful. “Θρᾴκης” might be gen. of separation.) 9.27: “σωθεὶς εἰς Σόλους τῆς Κιλικίας”. AND.3.9: “Εὐβοίας πλέον ἢ τὰ δύο μέρη”. XEN. Hell. 1.2.12 (see above). 1.4.1: “τῆς Φρυγίας ἐν Γορδιῳ. 8: ἔπλευσε τῆς Καρίας ἐς τὸν Κεραμεικὸν κόλπον”. 1.6.12 (see above). 16: “εἰς Μυτιλήνην τῆς Λέσβου. 26: τῆς Λέσβου ἐπὶ τῇ Μαλέᾳ ἄκρᾳ. 2.1.13: ἐν Θαμνηρίοις τῆς Μηδίας. 15: ἀνήχθη τῆς Καρίας εἰς τὸν Κεράμειον κόλπον. 20: τῆς Χερρονήσου ἐν Ἐλαιοῦντι. 3.2.19: εἰς Τράλλεις τῆς Καρίας. 4.4.16: πολλαχόσε καὶ τῆς Ἀρκαδίας ἐμβαλόντες. 5.2.38: τὴν μείζω δύναμιν Μακεδονίας” is not partitive. 6.1.5: “ἔχω μὲν Θετταλίας τὰς πλείστας καὶ μελίστας πόλεις συμμάχους. 7.1.28: στρατευσάμενος εἰς Παρρασίους τῆς Ἀσκαδίας. 7.4.21: ἐδῄου καὶ τῆς Ἀρκαδίας ὅσα ἐδύνατο”. THUCYDIDES follows the rule strictly. [Cf. Kallenberg, Philol.49 (1890), Philol., 534.] 1.2.3: “Πελοποννήσου . . . τὰ πολλά. 1.10.2: Π. τῶν πέντε τὰς δύο μοίρας”. 1.12.4. 1.104.1 (see above). 1.111.1: “ἐστράτευσαν τῆς Θεσσαλίας ἐπὶ Φάρσαλον. 3: τῆς Ἀκαρνανίας εἰς Οἰνιάδας ἐστρά-” “τευσαν. 2.56.4: ἐς Ἐπίδανρον τῆς Πελοποννήσου. 6.62.2: ἐν τούτῳ τῷ μέρει τῆς Σικελίας. 7.34.1: κατὰ Ἐρινεὸν τῆς Ἀχαι:´ας. 51.1: ἄλλοσέ ποι τῆς Σικελίας”. Elsew. HDT. The usage is still unsettled. 2.15: “τὰ δὲ ἄλλα . . . τῆς Αἰγύπτου. 16: Αἰγύπτου τὸ Δέλτα. 18: Αἰγύπτου τὰ πρόσουρα Λιβύῃ. 2.26: τῆς Λιβύης τὰ ἄνω. 32: περὶ τῶν ἐρήμων τῆς Λιβύης . . . τὰ ἔρημα τῆς Λιβύης. 43: οὐδαμῇ Αἰγύπτου” (exception). 97: “τὰ . . . ἄλλα τῆς Αἰγύπτου. 113: ἐς Αἴγυπτον καὶ Αἰγύπτου” (no article) “ἐς τὸ νῦν Κανωβικὸν καλεύμενον στόμα τοῦ Νείλου. 149: αὐτῆς Αἰγύπτου τὸ παρὰ θάλασσαν. 157: Ἄζωτον τῆς Συρίης μεγάλην πόλιν. 3.3: Αἰγύπτου τὰ μὲν ἄνω κάτω θήσω. 17: οἰκημένους δὲ Λιβύης ἐπὶ τῇ νοτίῃ θαλάσσῃ”. 3.136 (see above). 4.151: “ἐς Λ. καὶ Λιβύης” (no article) “ἐς Πλατέαν νῆσον. 4.154: ἔστι τῆς Κρήτης Ὀαξὸς πόλις. 156: Κυρήνην τῆς Λιβύης. 157: ἔκτισαν αὐτῆς τῆς Λιβύης χῶρον. 5.123: Ἰωνίης” (no article) “μέν νυν Κλαζομενὰς αἱρέουσι. 6.47: τῆς Θάσου μεταξὺ Αἰνύρων τε χώρου καλεομένου καὶ Κοινύρων. 7.30: πόλιν μεγάλην Φρυγίης” (exception). Elsew. In Av. 152: “τῆς Λοκρίδος” and 1704: “τῆς Ἀττικῆς” the proper names of themselves require the article.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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