Again dat ethicus

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Constantinus Philo
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Again dat ethicus

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Xen Memor. 4, 7, 1 πάντων μεν ων οίδα μάλιστα έμελεν αυτώ ειδέναι...that is to understand or to discover for himself, right?
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It's αὐτῷ, not ἑαυτῷ or αὑτῷ, in other words, not the reflexive. Secondly, it's the dative with μέλω:

4. 3 sg. is freq. used impers. with the object in gen., and pers. in dat., ᾧ μέλει μάχας to whom there is care for the battle, who careth for it, A.Ch.946 (lyr.), cf. Ag.974; ἐμοὶ δʼ ἔλασσον Ζηνὸς ἢ μηδὲν μέλει Id.Pr.938; θεοῖσιν εἰ δίκης μέλει S.Ph.1036; Ζηνὶ τῶν σῶν μέλει πόνων E.Heracl.717; πάνυ μοι τυγχάνει μεμεληκὸς τοῦ ᾄσματος Pl.Part.339b; also μέλει μοι περί τινος A.Ch.780, Ar.Lys.502, Pl.Alc.2.150d; μεμέληκέ μοι περὶ αὐτῶν Id.Cra.428b: less freq. with ὑπέρ, εἴπερ ὑπὲρ τοῦ κοινῇ βελτίστου δεῖ μέλειν ὑμῖν D.21.37.

Liddell, H. G., Scott, R., Jones, H. S., & McKenzie, R. (1996). A Greek-English lexicon (p. 1100). Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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