[*] 27. Even prepositional phrases like “εἰς ὀκτωκαίδεκα”, etc., without the article, may be treated as the subject. “εἰ κατασκαφείη τῶν τειχῶν τῶν μακρῶν ἐπὶ δέκα στάδια ἑκατέρου,” LYS. 13.8 . (Strictly speaking, “τῶν τειχῶν” is the partitive genitive dependent on “κατασκαφείη” and “ἐπὶ δέκα στάδια” is an adverbial modifier.) XEN. An. 3.4.5 “ζωοὶ ἐλήφθησαν εἰς ὀκτωκαίδεκα” , About 18 were taken alive. Ibid. 6.4.23: “εἰς δισχιλίους ἀνθρώπους” . Hell. 6.5.10: “ἔφυγον . . . περἰ ὀκτακοσίους” . THUC.3.20.2: “ἐς δὲ ἄνδρας διακοσίους καὶ εἴκοσι μάλιστα ἐνέμειναν τῇ ἐξόδῳ ἐθελονταί” . HDT. 5.64: “καί σφεων ἔπεσον ὑπὲρ τεσσεράκοντα ἄνδρας” , And of them there fell above 40 men. 6.117: “ἀπέθανον . . κατὰ ἑξακισχιλίους” .
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