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1511. The instrumental dative of means is often, especially in poetry, reinforced by the prepositions ἐν, σύν, ὑπό: ““ἐν λόγοις πείθεινto persuade by wordsS. Ph. 1393, ““οἱ θεοὶ ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς ἐσήμηνανthe gods have shown by the victimsX. A. 6.1.31; ““σὺν γήρᾳ βαρεῖςheavy with old ageS. O. T. 17; πόλις χερσὶν ὑφ᾽ ἡμετέρῃσιν ἁλοῦσα a city captured by our hands B 374.

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