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[*] 580. Masculine or feminine article with the genitive case. The masculine or feminine article with the genitive merely shows connexion. “ὁ” is commonly son, and “ἡ” commonly daughter, but the precise relation is to be determined from the context. The construction is not used in official documents except in the genitive case, in which the article is obligatory. “μητρὸς δὲ” (“ἦν”) “Λιβύης τῆς Ἐπάφου τοῦ Διός”, ISOC.11.10; His mother was Libya, who was the daughter of Epaphus, who was the son of Zeus. “Λυδὸς ὁ Φερεκλέους”, ANDOC.1.17; Lydus, the Pherecles boy (slave) = Phereclipor. “τὸν τῆς στρατηγοῦ”, AR. Eccl. 727; The she-captain-general's man (husband). “Ἀξιόχου τοῦ Ἀλκιβιάδου”, CIA. I, 274.8, but “Καλλίας Ἱππονίκου”, Ibid. 392 (cf. IV, 1.392). ISAE. 5.4: “Δικαιογένης ὡμολόγει παραδώσειν ἡμῖν ὧν κατέλιπεν ὁ Μενεξένου τὰ δύο μέρη”. ISOC.11.10(see above). ANDOC.1.17: “Λυδὸς ὁ Φερεκλέους” (sc. “δοῦλος”) . . . “ἐμήνυσε μυστήρια γίγνεσθαι ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ Φερεκλέους τοῦ δεσπότου τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ. 19: ὁ . . . ἀπογράψας αὐτὸν Λυδὸς ἦν ὁ Φερεκλέους” (sc. “δοῦλος”). 40 (= 42): “Καλλίου τοῦ Τηλεκλέους. 112: Καλλίας ὁ Ἱππονίκου”. PLATO, Apol. 33E: “Νικόστρατος ὁ Θεοζοτίδου . . . Πάραλος ὅδε, ὁ Δημοδόκου”. 34 A: “Ἀδείμαντος ὁ Ἀρίστωνος”. Often. XEN. An. 1.2.15: “εἶχε . . . τὸ . . . εὐώνυμον Κλέαρχος καὶ οἱ ἐκείνου. 5.13: ἤλαυνεν ἐπὶ τοὺς Μένωνος”. THUC.1.115.4: “Πισσούθνῃ τῷ Ψ̔στάσπου. 127.1: Περικλέα τὸν Ξανθίππου”, but 1.24.2: “Φαλίος Ἐρατοκλείδου. 2.67.1: Σιτάλκην . . . τὸν Τήρεω . . . Φαρνάκην τὸν Φαρναβάζου”, but ibid. 2: “Λέαρχος Καλλιμάχου καὶ Ἀμεινιάδης Φιλήμονος. 4.104.4: Θουκυδίδην τὸν Ὀλόρου. 5.43.2: Ἀλκιβιάδης ὁ Κλεινίου”. HDT.7.2: “ἐξ Ἀτόσσης τῆς Κύρου. 3: Δημάρητος ὁ Ἀρίστωνος. 10: Ἀρτάβανος ὁ Ψ̔στάσπεος”. AR. Eq. 327: “ὁ δ᾽ Ἱπποδάμου λείβεται θεώμενος”. Eccl. 727: “τὸν τῆς στρατηγοῦ” (sc. “ἄνδρα”） “τοῦτον οὐ θαυμάζετε”; EUR. El. 930-1: “πᾶσιν δ᾽ ἐν Ἀργείοισιν ἤκουες τάδε:” | “ὁ τῆς γυναικός” (sc. “ἀνήρ”), “οὐχὶ τἀνδρὸς ἡ γυνή”. Hel. 470: “Ἑλένη κατ᾽ οἴκους ἐστὶ τούσδ᾽ ἡ τοῦ Διός”. Ion, 1286: “κᾆτ᾽ ἔκτανες σὺ φαρμάκοις τὸν τοῦ θεοῦ”; Tro. 398: “Πάρις τ᾽ ἔγημε τὴν Διός”. SOPH. Ant. 156: “Κρέων ὁ Μενοικέως” . 892-3: “πορεύομαι πρὸς τοὺς ἐμαυτῆς” . O. R. 489: “τῷ Πολύβου” . Ph. 402: “τῷ Λαρτίου” . 628: “τὸν Λαερτίου” . PIND. O. 2.50-2: “πρέπει” | “τὸν Αἰνησιδάμου” | “ἐγκωμίων τε μελέων λυρᾶν τε τυγχανέμεν”. For the occasional ellipsis of such a noun as “γῆ”, e.g. Thuc.5.26.5: “φεύγειν τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ”, see 33.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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