[*] 125. Agreement of verb with appositive. The verb sometimes agrees with the appositive instead of with the subject. “Θῆβαι, πόλις ἀστυγείτων, . . . ἀνήρπασται”, AESCHIN.3.133; Thebes, a city that is our neighbor, has been swept away. AESCHIN.3.133(see above). XEN. An. 1.8.9: “πάντες δ᾽ οὗτοι κατὰ ἔθνη ἐν πλαισίῳ πλήρει ἀνθρώπων ἕκαστον τὸ ἔθνος ἐπορεύετο” . Conv. 4.44: “καὶ μὴν καὶ τὸ ἁβρότατόν γε κτῆμα τὴν σχολὴν ἀεὶ ὁρᾶτέ μοι παροῦσαν” . Hell. 1.7.5: “μετὰ ταῦτα δὲ οἱ στρατηγοὶ βραχέως ἕκαστος ἀπελογήσατο” . HDT.7.104: “ἑνὶ τούτων τῶν ἀνδρῶν οἳ Ἑλλήνων ἕκαστός φησι τριῶν ἄξιος εἶναι”. HOM. Il. 16.264-5: “οἱ δ᾽ ἄλκιμον ἦτορ ἔχοντες” | “πρόσσω πᾶς πέτεται καὶ ἀμύνει οἷσι τέκεσσι”.
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