Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, chapter 1331

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[*] 1331. The Objective Genitive is passive in sense, and is very common with substantives denoting a frame of mind or an emotion: φόβος τῶν Εἱλώτων the fear of the Helots (felt towards them: φοβοῦνται τοὺς Εἵλωτας) T. 3.54, ἡ τῶν Ἑλλήνων εὔνοια good-will towards the Greeks (εὐνοεῖ τοῖς Ἕλλησι) X. A. 4.7.20, ἡ τῶν καλῶν συνουσία_ intercourse with the good (σύνεισι τοῖς καλοῖς) P. L. 838a.

a. The objective genitive often precedes another genitive on which it depends: ““μετὰ τῆς ξυμμαχία_ς τῆς αἰτήσεως” with the request for an alliance” T. 1.32.

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- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 1.3.1
- Jeffrey A. Rydberg-Cox, Overview of Greek Syntax, Nouns, Adjectives, and Pronouns

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