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The genitive, in a use allied to the partitive, sometimes indicates a person (or thing) about whom (or which) something is heard, learned, known, etc. E. g. (1) After “πυνθάνομαι”: A 257, “εἰ σφῶιν τάδε πάντα πυθοίατο μαρναμένοιιν”, ‘if they should learn all this about you two contending.’ So X 438, “Ἕκτορος”. (2) After “διδάσκομαι”: 16.811, “διδασκόμενος πολέμοιο”, ‘learning about war.’ (3) After “γιγνώσκω”: B 348 f. “πρὶν καὶ Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο” “γνώμεναι, εἴ τε ψεῦδος ὑπόσχεσις, εἴ τε καὶ οὐκί”, ‘even before they know about aegis-bearing Zeus, whether his promise be a deception or not.’ (4) After “οἶδα”: 18.192, “ἄλλου δ᾽ οὔ τευ οἶδα”, ‘I do not know about anybody else.’ Z 438, “θεοπροπίων ἐὺ εἰδώς”, ‘well versed in prophecies.’ I 440, “οὔ πω εἰδόθ᾽” (“εἰδότα”) ... “πτολέμοιο”, ‘not yet familiar with war.’
Selections from Homer's Iliad, with an introduction, notes, a short Homeric grammar, and a vocabulary. Allen Rogers Benner. New York. Irvington Publishers, Inc. 1903.
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