Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges

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[*] 2886. Καί of balanced contrast occurs frequently when the subordinate clause sets forth something corresponding to, or deducible from, the main clause; and when an antithesis is to be emphasized. It is found especially in relative, causal, and final clauses, and has the effect of putting such subordinate clauses on a plane with the main clause. A relative word often adds -περ or is followed by δή. Thus, ““τὰ δὲ τῆς πόλεως ἔπρα_ττον, ὧνπερ ἕνεκεν καὶ Σωκράτει προσῆλθον” they devoted themselves to those affairs of state on account of which they had in fact associated with Socrates” X. M. 1.2.47, ““καὶ ἡμῖν ταὐτὰ δοκεῖ ἅπερ καὶ βασιλεῖ” we hold exactly the same views as the king” X. A. 2.1.22, ““ἐπειδὴ καὶ ἡ πόλις ἐσώθη . . . ἀξιῶ κἀ_μοὶ σωτηρία_ν γενέσθαι” since the city has been saved I beg that safety be granted to me as well” And. 1.143, ἔμαθον καὶ ἐγὼ ὥσπερ καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι I (on my part) learned just as the rest did too P. Alc. 110d, ““τι_μωρία_ γὰρ οὐκ εὐτυχεῖ δικαίως ὅτι καὶ ἀδικεῖται” for vengeance is not successful in accordance with justice, because it is taken upon a wrong” T. 4.62.