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Dative: direction as object
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ὁ γὰρ παλαιὸς λόγος εὖ ἔχει, ὡς ὅμοιον ὁμοίῳ ἀεὶ πελάζει
‘’ (Plat. Sym. 195b)
The dative signals a direction as an object with verbs of motion, particularly in poetry.
Syntactic usage
In contrast with the accusative the dative always expresses a limited, brief movement.
In prose the word in the dative is usually animate, adding to the plausibility of analysing this dative as a dative of interest.