# Lucian - Θεῶν ʼΕκκλησία - accusative/participle after ὅτι?

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**Created:** [January 25, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/lucian-accusative-participle-after/31036 "2026-01-25T17:19:09Z")\
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In the below passage, where Momus is complaining about the conjectures of the philosophers, why is τὴν τύχην πράξουσαν in the accusative? It seems to be dependant on εἰδὼς ὅτι, but i would expect a finite verb not a participle after ὅτι

καὶ ὅμως αὐτοσχέδια ὄντα οὕτω τοὺς ἀνοήτους πέπεικεν, ὥστε οὐδεὶς ἡμῖν οὐδὲ θύειν βούλεται, εἰδὼς ὅτι, κἂν μυρίας ἑκατόμβας παραστήσῃ, ὅμως τὴν τύχην πράξουσαν τὰ μεμοιραμένα καὶ ἃ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἑκάστῳ ἐπεκλώσθη.

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**Author:** ![mwh](https://www.textkit.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/6f9a4e/32.png) [@mwh](https://www.textkit.com/u/mwh)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/lucian-accusative-participle-after/31036/2 "2026-01-25T18:20:13Z")

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You are quite right. It’s an anacoluthon. By the time he gets to ὅμως the ὅτι is forgotten, so that the acc. & participle (τὴν τύχην πράξουσαν) depends directly on εἰδὼς, instead of being nom. & indicative.