ἔνθα σέ φημι πάντων Φαιήκων εἰδησέμεν ὅσσοι ἄριστοι

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I'm really stuck with the above line- where I think that you will.. i'm confused as to how the rest fits in, particularly with the genitives and how the nominative phrase fits in as i thought the accusative 'se' is the subject.
Thanks

 

[Pacifica]

I think it is, literally, "There I say you shall see of all Phaeacians as many as [are] the best", i.e. you shall see all the best of all Phaeacians.

 

[Abcdef]

I think it is, literally, "There I say you shall see of all Phaeacians as many as [are] the best", i.e. you shall see all the best of all Phaeacians.

Thanks! I see, but doesn't that mean 'as many as [are] the best' is the object. Why is it then in the nominative?
Thanks again for your time

 

[Pacifica]

ὅσσοι ἄριστοι is a relative clause referring to an object left implied in the main clause, or the whole relative clause is the object — I guess it's possible to take it either way — but a relative clause has its own grammatical construction, with its own subject (here subject of an implied "are"), which is naturally in the nominative.