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[*] 601. oi( polloi/, o)li/goi with demonstrative use of the article. Of course the demonstrative (resumptive) force is not excluded. “τὸ . . . πρῶτον αὐτοῖς τοὺς ὀλίγους ἱππέας ἔπεμψαν”, THUC.6.88.1; At first they sent them the poor handful of cavalry (above mentioned). DEM.9.59: “καὶ τί δεῖ τὰ πολλὰ λέγειν”; And why is it necessary to talk this lot of stuff? (“τὰ πολλά” contemptuous.) PLATO, Phaedr. 270A: “ὧν δὴ πέρι τὸν πολὺν λόγον” (that interminable preachment) “ἐποιεῖτο Ἀναξαγόρας”. THUC.1.86.1: “τοὺς μὲν λόγους τοὺς πολλοὺς τῶν Ἀθηναίων οὐ γιγνώσκω. 2.51.5: καὶ τὰς ὀλοφύρσεις τῶν ἀπογιγνομένων τελευτῶντες καὶ οἱ οἰκεῖοι ἐξέκαμνον ὑπὸ τοῦ πολλοῦ κακοῦ νικώμενοι”. 6.88.1 (see above). AR. Ran. 555: “καὶ τὰ σκόροδα τὰ πολλά. 558: τὸ πολὺ τάριχος οὐκ εἴρηκά πω”. SOPH. El. 930-1: “τοῦ γὰρ ἀνθρώπων ποτ᾽ ἦν” | “τὰ πολλὰ πατρὸς πρὸς τάφον κτερίσματα”; AESCHYL. fr. 353: “ὡς οὐ δικαίως θάνατον ἔχθουσιν βροτοί”, | “ὅσπερ μέγιστον ῥῦμα τῶν πολλῶν κακῶν”. PIND. O. 13.93-5: “ἐμὲ δ”（“ὲ”) . . . “παρὰ σκοπὸν οὐ χρὴ” | “τὰ πολλὰ βέλεα καρτύνειν χεροῖν”.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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