[*] 565. Abstract Nouns with the Article: Under this head the influeńce of the original personification is to be considered, and the article with the abstract is almost on a line with the articular names of the gods (A. J. P. xi, 53), the “ἡ ἀρετή” of EURIPIDES (Suppl. 596) with the “ἡ Ἀδράστεια” of AESCHYLUS (P. V. 936). In fact it is often doubtful whether we have a personification or an abstract noun, especially in the nominative. “ἡ . . . ἐλπὶς καὶ ὁ ἔρως . . . πλεῖστα βλάπτουσι”, THUC.3.45.5; Hope and Desire do no end of harm. “οὐ δίκαιον . . . τῆς ῥώμης κατηγορεῖν”, ISOC.3.4; It is not fair to bring charges against strength. DEM.25.75: “ὅταν ἡ μὲν πονηρία τιμᾶται, τὰ χρηστὰ δ᾽ ἀπορριπτηται, ὅταν τὸ δίκαιον καὶ τὸ συμφέρον ἡττᾶται τοῦ φθόνου, τότ᾽ ἄνω κάτω πάντα γρὴ νομίζειν ἐστράφθαι”. ISOC.2.12: “τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν ... τῆς παιδεύσεως καὶ τῆς ἐπιμελείας. 3.4: τὴν ἀνδρίαν” (also see above). LYS.4.16: “παρὰ τὴν ἀλήθειαν ῾διφφερεντ φρομ “τἀληθές”） ἐμοῦ κατεψεύσαντο” . ANDOC.1.55: “νῦν γὰρ ἐμὲ μὲν λόγον” (“δεῖ”) “διδόναι . . . μετὰ τῆς ἀληθείας”. ANTIPHON, 2 “γ” 1: “ἡ ... ἀτυχία ἀδικεῖται ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ”. PLATO, Rpb. 431E: “ἁρμονίᾳ τινὶ ἡ σωφροσύνη ὡμοίωται”. So “ἡ ἀρετή, ἡ δικαιοσύνη, ἡ ἀδικία, ἡ ἀκολασία”, and numberless others. THUC.3.45.4: “ἡ μὲν πενία ... ἡ δ᾽ ἐξουσία”. 5 (see above). 6: “ἡ τύχη”. HDT.3.82: “ἡ μουναρχίη” (monarchy） “κράτιστον ... κόθεν ἡμῖν ἡ ἐλευθερίη ἐγένετο”; AR. Eq. 191-2: “ἡ δημαγωγία γὰρ οὐ πρὸς μουσικοῦ” | “ἔτ᾽ ἐστὶν ἀνδρός”. Vesp. 834: “τί ποτε τὸ χρῆμ᾽; ὡς δεινὸν ἡ φιλοχωρία”. Av. 376: “ἡ γὰρ εὐλάβεια σῴζει πάντα” . EUR. Phoen. 469: “ἁπλοῦς ὁ μῦθος τῆς ἀληθείας ἔφυ”. SOPH. Ai. 157: “πρὸς γὰρ τὸν ἔχονθ᾽ ὁ φθόνος ἕρπει” . AESCHYL. Ag. 1669: “μιαίνων τὴν δίκην”. fr. 176: “ἁπλᾶ γάρ ἐστι τῆς ἀληθείας ἔπη”. PIND. P. 3.114-5: “ἁ δ᾽ ἀρετὰ κλειναῖς ἀοιδαῖς” | “χρονία τελέθει”. THEOGN. 526: “ἡ πενίη δὲ κακῷ σύμφορος ἀνδρὶ φέρειν”. TYRTAE. 3: “ἁ φιλοχρηματία Σπάρταν ὀλεῖ, ἄλλο δὲ οὐδέν”. HES. O. et D. 287-9: “τὴν μέν τοι κακότητα ... ἔστιν ἑλέσθαι” | “ῥηιδίως” . . . | “τῆς δ᾽ ἀρετῆς ἱδρῶτα θεοὶ προπάροιθεν ἔθηκαν”. (Both contrast and personification.)
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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