Chapter 613A School Grammar of Attic GreekDickinson CollegeChristopher Francese
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a. The Relative Pronouns take their gender, number,
and person from the antecedent; but sense may prevail over form, and when the relative is the subject
a predicate noun sometimes prevails over the antecedent.b. The Relative is often attracted from its proper
case to the case of the antecedent, especially from the
accusative to the genitive or dative:
Ἄνδρες ἄξιοι τῆς ἐλευθερίᾱς ἧς κέκτησθε men
wοrthy of the freedom which you possess. AN. I. 7, 3.
φοβοίμην ἂν τῷ ἡγεμόνι ᾧ δοίη ἕπεσθαι I shοuld
fear to follow the guide whοm he may give. AN. I. 3, 17.c. Rarely the antecedent is attracted to the case of the
relative, the two standing side by side:
Ἀνεῖλεν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἀπόλλων θεοῖς οἷς ἔδει θειν Apollo in response told him the gods to whom he should sacrifce. AN.
III. 1, 6.d. The antecedent may be taken up into the subordinate
clause, ὅς agreeing with it adjectively:
Tούτους ἄρχοντας ἐποίει ἦς κατεστρέφετο χώρᾱς these he made
rulers of the territory which (of what territory) he subdued.
AN. I. 9, 14.