by NateD26 » Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:35 pm
μετὰ ταῦτ᾽ οὖν ἤδη ἐφεξῆς ᾖα, αἰσθανόμενος μὲν [καὶ] λυπούμενος καὶ δεδιὼς ὅτι ἀπηχθανόμην,
ὅμως δὲ ἀναγκαῖον ἐδόκει εἶναι τὸ τοῦ θεοῦ περὶ πλείστου ποιεῖσθαι—ἰτέον οὖν, σκοποῦντι
τὸν χρησμὸν τί λέγει, ἐπὶ ἅπαντας τούς τι δοκοῦντας εἰδέναι.
In the first part of the sentence, the subject is Socrates, hence the participles are in nominative.
But In the second part, the impersonal verb ἐδόκει must have an implied μοι, because how else
could I explain why σκοποῦντι is in dative in the following parenthetical remark?
Nate.