Independent

Independent Nominative.—The nominative may be used independently in citing the names of persons and things: προσείληφε τὴν τῶν πονηρῶν κοινὴν ἐπωνυμίᾱν σῡκοφάντης he received the common appellation of the vile, i.e. ‘informer’ Aes. 2.99, τὸ δ᾽ ῡ̔μεῖς ὅταν λέγω, λέγω τὴν πόλιν when I say You, I mean the State D. 18.88. Cp. 908. (The accus. is also possible.) So in lists (cp. 904 c): τίθημι δύο ποιητικῆς εἴδη· θείᾱ μὲν καὶ ἀνθρωπίνη I assume two kinds of poetry: the divine and the human P. Soph. 266d.