William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb

1. The aorist indicative of a leading verb. E.g.

• “Ἔλεξαν ὅτι πέμψειε σφᾶς ὁ βασιλεύς,” “they said that the king had sent them (i.e. they said ἔπεμψεν ἡμᾶς ὁ βασιλεύς）.” XEN. Cyr. ii. 4, 7
• “Τότε ἐγνώσθη ὅτι οἱ βάρβαροι τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὑποπέμψαιεν,” “then it became known that the barbarians had sent the man.” XEN. An. ii. 4, 22
• “Ἐτόλμα λέγειν ὡς πολλὰ τῶν ἐμῶν λάβοιεν,” “he dared to say that they had taken （ἔλαβον） much of my property.” DEM. xxvii. 49.
• “Ἠρώτων αὐτὸν εἰ ἀναπλεύσειεν ἔχων ἀργύριον,” “I asked him whether he had set sail with money (i.e. I asked him the question, ἀνέπλευσας;）.” DEM. L. 55. (This form is rare; see 125.)
• “Ἐπειρώτα τίνα ἴδοι,” “he asked whom he had seen (i.e. τίνα εἶδες, whom did you see?）.” HDT. i. 31. So i. 116: “εἴρετο κόθεν λάβοι” .

2. The aorist subjunctive of a dependent verb. E.g. “Εὔξαντο σωτήρια θύσειν ἔνθα πρῶτον εἰς φιλίαν γῆν ἀφίκοιντο,” “they vowed that they would make thank offerings for their deliverance wherever they should first enter a friendly land” (i.e. ἔνθα ἂν . . . ἀφικώμεθα, θύσομεν). XEN. An. v. 1, 1 (see XEN. An. iii. 2, 9).

An aorist indicative in a dependent clause of a quotation is regularly retained (689, 3).

3. The aorist subjunctive in a question of appeal (287). E.g.

• “Οἱ Ἐπιδάμνιοι τὸν θεὸν ἐπήροντο εἰ παραδοῖεν Κορινθίοις τὴν πόλιν,” “they asked whether they should deliver up their city to the Corinthians (i.e. they asked the question, παραδῶμεν τὴν πόλιν; shall we deliver up our city?）” THUC. i. 25.
• “Ἐσκόπουν ὅπως κάλλιστ᾽ ἐνέγκαιμ᾽ αὐτόν,” “I looked to see how I could best endure him (i.e. I asked, πῶς ἐνέγκω αὐτόν; how can I endure him?).” EUR. Hipp. 393.
• “Διεσιώπησε σκοπῶν ὅ τι ἀποκρίναιτο,” “he continued silent, thinking what he should answer (i.e. thinking τί ἀποκρίνωμαι;).” XEN. Mem. iv. 2, 10 (See 677.)