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Prepositions with the accusative: companion
ὧδε μὲν ὁ Ἀντώνιος τοῖς ἀμφὶ τὸν Πινάριον ἀπεκρίνατο.
‘Thus Anthony answered Pinarius and his company.’ (App. BC 3.3.22)
The prepositions ἀμφί and περί with the accusative signal a companion, more specifically someone belonging to the same group or community.
ἡνίκα Πατηγύας, ἀνὴρ Πέρσης τῶν ἀμφὶ Κῦρον χρηστός, προφαίνεται…
When Pategyas, a Persian who excelled among Kyros' men, appeared... [provisional translation]
σκόπει γάρ, ὦ Θεόδωρε, εἰ ἐθέλοι ἄν τις τῶν ἀμφὶ Πρωταγόραν ἢ σὺ αὐτὸς διαμάχεσθαι ὡς οὐδεὶς ἡγεῖται ἕτερος ἕτερον ἀμαθῆ τε εἶναι καὶ ψευδῆ δοξάζειν;
For, Theodoros, think if one of Protagoras' followers or you would claim that no one else is ignorant and lying? [provisional translation]
ἔνθα δὴ ἔγνω ἄν τις ὅσου ἄξιον εἶη τὸ φιλεῖσθαι ἄρχοντα ὑπὸ τῶν περὶ αὐτόν
Then people would have realised how important it is for a leader to be loved by his entourage.