The comparative degree
shows that a still heavier penalty may be expected in the
future, and that therefore the present penalty cannot be death
(Blass Att.
shows that a still heavier penalty may be expected in the
future, and that therefore the present penalty cannot be death
(Blass Att.
Demosthenese - First Philippic and the Olynthiacs
.
(Xp'fiawra), 'as theoric money.
' The word has
been suspected; it is not necessary for the sense, and its
omission would make the two parallel clauses each end with
a verb diave? /Lova'w ll Kaflwrfiaw.
98. 'rolls ammams, ' those who shirk service,' 'deserters,'
Lycurg. ? 39 1! : . . 5111115017 61/ d'raKTov ar'rrbu inroaeivar 1667. 11;
(The verb is not found elsewhere in Demosthenes; drdK-rws
occurs in ? 34. ) Certain classes of citizens obtained exemption
from military service either as merchants (Aristoph. Ecol. 1027),
or farmers of public taxes ([59] ? 27), or as members of choruses
(21 ? 15, 39 ? 16). Members of the Council were also exempt
(Lyeurg. ? 37). Those who absented themselves without leave
were liable to a 7pa? h darpareias (Lys. 14 ? 7).
minor 85 filmy "Anion/169 li? tl? 0flfli fwd-s 1T); O'Tpa'rsias, dune nopnnkw
si; 75. Awmia'm. xa-ni xaipw 013v rip! dun/1131' oi. Xopn'yoi rein; vsw-ni-rou;
Kai. 10i1s 5K 701'; Ka-ruhe-yov pe? Aur-m. e'wehe? yowo (Ulpian). Heslop suggests
that some further laws must have been passed, under which evasion of
military service had become common.
deq'ious Kan-rio'w: 23 ? 55 6. 04301! 1rore'i, ? 85 0104,3011; wapfixs,
19 ? 258 quSov e? r'io'ar. 1rozor'io'w is here avoided, as it is required
in the parallel clause below. "sinus and deupore? povs are in
parallel positions, and in alliterative correspondence with one
another. firm, 'and so. '
99. devpore? pous (opp. to 1rp006,u. ous): Xen. Hell. vi 2, 19,
Acschin. 3 ? 245, 6. 0144111 ib. 177, Dem. 23 ? 194, Thuc. i7], 4.
100. elm/56w: far more frequent in Demosthenes, Thucy-
dides, Isocrates, and Xenophon than e? miv (2 ? 21) or 6'1rfiv,
Thuc. v 47, viii 58, Isocr. 5 ? 38, and much oftener used with '
Aor. than with Pres. Subj. (Zycha in Wiener Studien vii 111).
rain-a, 'these legal provisions. ' The effect of the repeal
of the law of Eubulus (assuming it was already in force) would
be to make it possible to propose a. decree reviving the law
which assigned the surplus revenue to military purposes.
101. 686v: also used metaphorically in 18 ? 15 e? mr-rds 1179
6,005): Kai ducalas 65017, ? 322 6p0hv Kai ducalav 'r'hv 656v T'fis
7l'0)\LTE? aS eZM/mv, 24 ? 7 el Karrprwo'ev fir e? 1r' 614' fihfiev 666v,
? 38 e? gb' e'xotd'rnv dfl'tlll'l'a Thu 65611 1:311 ddmnmi'rwv, ? ? 106, 153
666v aftKl/Ud'L, 14 ? 23 cl: :5de Korean), 22 ? 26 ? 61. 11 rohhds
6601): 643 6a). 16v ve? pwv e? 1rl 1011s fiELK-rme? vovs.
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? III ? 11, 12 THIRD OLYNTHIAC' 199
102. 'rbv ype? rlmvhu), 'one who is ready to propose' (by
decree). For the F ut. Part. cp. 4 ? 47.
? 12l. 103. 1rpl. v . . npigan, pf] o'Ko'Ire'i'rc ('look for'): ? 13
(Goodwin MT. ? 628).
104. threw, 'for proposing,' 11. 107, 116. inre? p {Iva
64f iapfiv: for similar contrast of prepositions cp. 4 ? 50 iner
15,1161! Kafi' h/MW. _
105. (inrohe? o'em, 'to be ruined,' not 'destroyed. ' The ref.
is not necessarily to any penalty of death, as supposed by
Libanius, ? 5 of Arg. to 0! . i, v6,u. ov e? '0ev-ro 1rspl r611 0ewpm65v
1015er xpnmi-rwu, Bdrm-roll daruhoUI/Ta 1Q 'ypdzfiaI/n Ite'raflelval.
' 'rafi'r' els 'rv'yv dpxalav 'roiEw Kai 'yeve? o'dm a'rpanwnxe? . What is
meant is probably d'rlpia or loss of political status owing to
inability to pay a heavy fine. It is paraphrased by 1ra062v n
Kaxov in l. 107, described as calculated to inspire fear in l. 110,
it is a {Tl/Ma. in l. 116, and a 1rpofi1r-rov Kaxe? v in l. 121. In [59]
? ? 8, 9 dvap-Irdfi'ew and dveheiv are applied to the fate inflicted
for a similar proposal, and in 8 ? 40 the phrase Kde-r' drohcb-
)uww is applied to persons who are certainly still alive. (See
also Blass Att. Ber. III i 316 f2, Holm iii 0. 12 n. 5, Max Miller
Bliitter f. d. bayr. Gymn. xi 174. )
It is maintained by Blass, l. c. , that the proposal of Apollodorus to
apply the theoric fund to military purposes ([59] ? 4) must belong to a
later date than 01. iii, because Demosthenes does not imply in the text
that any such attempt had already been made. The opposite opinion is
held by EMiiller (West. 7 p. 404), Hartel (Dem. Studie'n i 29 f), and Bamn
(Wiener Studien vii 205 f). The text seems indecisive.
106. nepwfiyvee'em, 'to result. '
107. meeiv without Art. after demonstrative Pron. 'rm'rrou:
ep. 2 ? 15 101710 . . , 1ra0eiv, 6 ? 3, 8 ? 43, 9 ? 23.
108. dadiehfiirm. and (110) WOLfiU'G-L are best regarded as
having the same personal subject as the preceding Inf. 1m0ei'v.
109. piMov . . (boBepu'a-repov: [43] ? 25 olxetb'rspol elm.
,ufiMov, [49] ? 3 rheloves 118M011.
The comparative degree
shows that a still heavier penalty may be expected in the
future, and that therefore the present penalty cannot be death
(Blass Att. Ber. III i 317 2).
110. not M'Iew 7(a) Ink, 'aye, and you must require the
very same men to repeal these laws who have actually proposed
them ' ; a challenge to Eubulus and his partisans.
112. otmp must refer to definite persons; here (as usually)
it is followed by Kat, 1 ? 2, 4 ? 8. 'refifixww: the Attic
forIn attested by four inscriptions between 400 and 200 13. 0.
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? 200 THIRD 0L YNTHIAC' III ? ? 13--15
re? lkma is not found in any inscription earlier than the first
century B. c.
? 13 l. 113. rfiv . . x6. va KT)", 'shonld continue to enjoy
(iflre? pxnv) the popularity (acquired by a measure) which was
injurious to the state'; contrasted with Tip dwe? xeeww, as in
Xen. Mam. ii 7, 9.
114. eeio'w: sc. robs venous.
116. 11:": virv . . ehrdv-n, ' to him who has in the present
day proposed. '
117. n'rrpelrfo'm: 4 ? 16, 1 ? 13 cl'n'peria'as, 18 ? 175 nnrpe? ma-rm,
23 ? 189 edrpem'cm'rai. (all the exx. in Demosthenes). Here 'to -
set right. '
118. dfiwi'rre: not em'stt'matc, voplrm (Sauppe), but (as in
l. 112) 'require,' 'demand,' 'expect. '
119. map' iapiv, 'among you,' 8 ? 67, 9 ? 53.
120. sis 1rpoi'nr'rov : followed by Kuxe? v here, 0dva-rov [60]
? 27, Kivfiwov Thuc. iii 99 and 111, 3, and "Atom Soph. ()0. 1440.
? 141. 123. drfi? taia(u. ): ASchaefer ii 134 understands this to refer to
a new decree for exacting vengeance from Philip, which had been drawn
up on the arrival of intelli ence of some success on the part of Charidenius.
Such intelligence is rega ed by Hartel (Dem. Antrd'ge p. 535) as likely to
profduce the very opposite effect ; at any rate, the original decree was still
in oree.
124. wone'iv and wpoOe? pms are both placed in emphatic posi-
tions, and consequently separated from one another. r6
1: 86? avru. , 'what you have at any rate determiawd,' and there-
fore ought to do.
125. m'rrdpxq : 19 ? 340, Prooem. 33 ? 3, [60] ? 14, [61] ? 13,
Ep. 1 ? 6.
127. 'ypmpei'q : iterative ; ' accomplish the purpose for which
(lit. 'the subject concerning which ') they were proposed in each
instance. ' It is to the antecedent of mpl. 6v that roi'rrmv refers
in l. 129.
128. pucpd, 6M'ya, ' but a few tliings,' ' but little. '
130. iipptxu: understanding dv from 1. 128. ctvexd. ye
din? wpe? rmm 'so far as decrees are concerned,' 'had it depended
on decrees alone'; equivalent to a protasis, cp. 4 ? 15 oii'rw
(Goodwin JIT. ? 472). 25 ? 65 e'z'vex' dvaideias, Xen. jllcm. iv
3, 3 ? iIrs cl ,uxh elxouev, linoioi Toi's rugbhoi's all final, ci'vsxd. 76
1631! 'r'I/Le're? pwv 6? 0ahn6m
? 15 l. 133. rdga, 'order of time'; Suvd'm, 'essential im-
portance,' 'rcal efiicacy. ' 1rp61'epov is further explained by
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? III ? 15, 16 THIRD OLYNTHIAG 201
xpei'r'rov. Imitated by Saliust Jug. 85 gorcrc (quae consulis
sunt) quam ficri (consulem) tempera posterius, re atque usu
prius est.
135. elweiv--Swe? pevou: Thuc. iii 38, 3 udkza'ra [. 1611 min):
shreiu Ema-ms ficuke? uevos 66vwo'0az KT)\. ei'rreiv and 11ku
are both placed in emphatic positions to heighten tie con-
trast between the present sentence which deals with words
and the following sentence which deals with deeds. The orator
uses the positive degree in elmiv Suvdpzvon. (without ,udhwra)
in modest reference to the eloquence of orators like himself,
but the superlative 'yvdwm. e? fie? 'rwrou in compliment to the in-
telligence of his audience.
136. vaduevou Hahn (Bemerkungen p. 696) regards it as questionable
Greek to say 1rap' {miv eirn awaamt, and accordingly proposes ol. Gwal-
pen/m. Similarly in 2 ? 29 he approves oi oi. Boqae? peym 0'. rpwxe? d'tm,
and in 3 ? 33 {0'11 10. 6141. 1-(1 . . crrave? 'e? vovra: also in 4 ? 22 rroAiras [foils
01pa-revoue'vou9] rupeivm "mire. In the text, however, Suvdpsvou
seems to be treated as an Adj. = Mum-oi, because it corresponds to 6515-
'ra. 'ro|. in the parallel clause. Cp. ? 25 mb? poveg fimzv Kai . . ue? vov-ree.
Similarly in ? 33 501:. . . e'navfcivov'm. is parallel to 7074191" Ewiv, and
? 16 ixuw Krk. t0 Ex0p6q.
137. Kul. wpifim Se? --Ilrotfi're, ' aye, and you will now be able
to act, if you do your duty' (esp. by assigning the surplus of
your revenues to the conduct of the war and not to your
amusements). lull. . . N: 9 ? 70, 18 ? 215, etc. 'Irpd'rrew
(agerc) here appears to refer to action in general, role-TV
(faccrc) to the doing of the several acts considered as a series
of details. Cp. 4 ? 20 ? 1ri 1Q rpdr'ruv 0:366 16. pucde woze'ire,
9 ? 15 Tocaii'ra. rpd'r'rwv 'rl brain; See on 4 ?
been suspected; it is not necessary for the sense, and its
omission would make the two parallel clauses each end with
a verb diave? /Lova'w ll Kaflwrfiaw.
98. 'rolls ammams, ' those who shirk service,' 'deserters,'
Lycurg. ? 39 1! : . . 5111115017 61/ d'raKTov ar'rrbu inroaeivar 1667. 11;
(The verb is not found elsewhere in Demosthenes; drdK-rws
occurs in ? 34. ) Certain classes of citizens obtained exemption
from military service either as merchants (Aristoph. Ecol. 1027),
or farmers of public taxes ([59] ? 27), or as members of choruses
(21 ? 15, 39 ? 16). Members of the Council were also exempt
(Lyeurg. ? 37). Those who absented themselves without leave
were liable to a 7pa? h darpareias (Lys. 14 ? 7).
minor 85 filmy "Anion/169 li? tl? 0flfli fwd-s 1T); O'Tpa'rsias, dune nopnnkw
si; 75. Awmia'm. xa-ni xaipw 013v rip! dun/1131' oi. Xopn'yoi rein; vsw-ni-rou;
Kai. 10i1s 5K 701'; Ka-ruhe-yov pe? Aur-m. e'wehe? yowo (Ulpian). Heslop suggests
that some further laws must have been passed, under which evasion of
military service had become common.
deq'ious Kan-rio'w: 23 ? 55 6. 04301! 1rore'i, ? 85 0104,3011; wapfixs,
19 ? 258 quSov e? r'io'ar. 1rozor'io'w is here avoided, as it is required
in the parallel clause below. "sinus and deupore? povs are in
parallel positions, and in alliterative correspondence with one
another. firm, 'and so. '
99. devpore? pous (opp. to 1rp006,u. ous): Xen. Hell. vi 2, 19,
Acschin. 3 ? 245, 6. 0144111 ib. 177, Dem. 23 ? 194, Thuc. i7], 4.
100. elm/56w: far more frequent in Demosthenes, Thucy-
dides, Isocrates, and Xenophon than e? miv (2 ? 21) or 6'1rfiv,
Thuc. v 47, viii 58, Isocr. 5 ? 38, and much oftener used with '
Aor. than with Pres. Subj. (Zycha in Wiener Studien vii 111).
rain-a, 'these legal provisions. ' The effect of the repeal
of the law of Eubulus (assuming it was already in force) would
be to make it possible to propose a. decree reviving the law
which assigned the surplus revenue to military purposes.
101. 686v: also used metaphorically in 18 ? 15 e? mr-rds 1179
6,005): Kai ducalas 65017, ? 322 6p0hv Kai ducalav 'r'hv 656v T'fis
7l'0)\LTE? aS eZM/mv, 24 ? 7 el Karrprwo'ev fir e? 1r' 614' fihfiev 666v,
? 38 e? gb' e'xotd'rnv dfl'tlll'l'a Thu 65611 1:311 ddmnmi'rwv, ? ? 106, 153
666v aftKl/Ud'L, 14 ? 23 cl: :5de Korean), 22 ? 26 ? 61. 11 rohhds
6601): 643 6a). 16v ve? pwv e? 1rl 1011s fiELK-rme? vovs.
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? III ? 11, 12 THIRD OLYNTHIAC' 199
102. 'rbv ype? rlmvhu), 'one who is ready to propose' (by
decree). For the F ut. Part. cp. 4 ? 47.
? 12l. 103. 1rpl. v . . npigan, pf] o'Ko'Ire'i'rc ('look for'): ? 13
(Goodwin MT. ? 628).
104. threw, 'for proposing,' 11. 107, 116. inre? p {Iva
64f iapfiv: for similar contrast of prepositions cp. 4 ? 50 iner
15,1161! Kafi' h/MW. _
105. (inrohe? o'em, 'to be ruined,' not 'destroyed. ' The ref.
is not necessarily to any penalty of death, as supposed by
Libanius, ? 5 of Arg. to 0! . i, v6,u. ov e? '0ev-ro 1rspl r611 0ewpm65v
1015er xpnmi-rwu, Bdrm-roll daruhoUI/Ta 1Q 'ypdzfiaI/n Ite'raflelval.
' 'rafi'r' els 'rv'yv dpxalav 'roiEw Kai 'yeve? o'dm a'rpanwnxe? . What is
meant is probably d'rlpia or loss of political status owing to
inability to pay a heavy fine. It is paraphrased by 1ra062v n
Kaxov in l. 107, described as calculated to inspire fear in l. 110,
it is a {Tl/Ma. in l. 116, and a 1rpofi1r-rov Kaxe? v in l. 121. In [59]
? ? 8, 9 dvap-Irdfi'ew and dveheiv are applied to the fate inflicted
for a similar proposal, and in 8 ? 40 the phrase Kde-r' drohcb-
)uww is applied to persons who are certainly still alive. (See
also Blass Att. Ber. III i 316 f2, Holm iii 0. 12 n. 5, Max Miller
Bliitter f. d. bayr. Gymn. xi 174. )
It is maintained by Blass, l. c. , that the proposal of Apollodorus to
apply the theoric fund to military purposes ([59] ? 4) must belong to a
later date than 01. iii, because Demosthenes does not imply in the text
that any such attempt had already been made. The opposite opinion is
held by EMiiller (West. 7 p. 404), Hartel (Dem. Studie'n i 29 f), and Bamn
(Wiener Studien vii 205 f). The text seems indecisive.
106. nepwfiyvee'em, 'to result. '
107. meeiv without Art. after demonstrative Pron. 'rm'rrou:
ep. 2 ? 15 101710 . . , 1ra0eiv, 6 ? 3, 8 ? 43, 9 ? 23.
108. dadiehfiirm. and (110) WOLfiU'G-L are best regarded as
having the same personal subject as the preceding Inf. 1m0ei'v.
109. piMov . . (boBepu'a-repov: [43] ? 25 olxetb'rspol elm.
,ufiMov, [49] ? 3 rheloves 118M011.
The comparative degree
shows that a still heavier penalty may be expected in the
future, and that therefore the present penalty cannot be death
(Blass Att. Ber. III i 317 2).
110. not M'Iew 7(a) Ink, 'aye, and you must require the
very same men to repeal these laws who have actually proposed
them ' ; a challenge to Eubulus and his partisans.
112. otmp must refer to definite persons; here (as usually)
it is followed by Kat, 1 ? 2, 4 ? 8. 'refifixww: the Attic
forIn attested by four inscriptions between 400 and 200 13. 0.
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? 200 THIRD 0L YNTHIAC' III ? ? 13--15
re? lkma is not found in any inscription earlier than the first
century B. c.
? 13 l. 113. rfiv . . x6. va KT)", 'shonld continue to enjoy
(iflre? pxnv) the popularity (acquired by a measure) which was
injurious to the state'; contrasted with Tip dwe? xeeww, as in
Xen. Mam. ii 7, 9.
114. eeio'w: sc. robs venous.
116. 11:": virv . . ehrdv-n, ' to him who has in the present
day proposed. '
117. n'rrpelrfo'm: 4 ? 16, 1 ? 13 cl'n'peria'as, 18 ? 175 nnrpe? ma-rm,
23 ? 189 edrpem'cm'rai. (all the exx. in Demosthenes). Here 'to -
set right. '
118. dfiwi'rre: not em'stt'matc, voplrm (Sauppe), but (as in
l. 112) 'require,' 'demand,' 'expect. '
119. map' iapiv, 'among you,' 8 ? 67, 9 ? 53.
120. sis 1rpoi'nr'rov : followed by Kuxe? v here, 0dva-rov [60]
? 27, Kivfiwov Thuc. iii 99 and 111, 3, and "Atom Soph. ()0. 1440.
? 141. 123. drfi? taia(u. ): ASchaefer ii 134 understands this to refer to
a new decree for exacting vengeance from Philip, which had been drawn
up on the arrival of intelli ence of some success on the part of Charidenius.
Such intelligence is rega ed by Hartel (Dem. Antrd'ge p. 535) as likely to
profduce the very opposite effect ; at any rate, the original decree was still
in oree.
124. wone'iv and wpoOe? pms are both placed in emphatic posi-
tions, and consequently separated from one another. r6
1: 86? avru. , 'what you have at any rate determiawd,' and there-
fore ought to do.
125. m'rrdpxq : 19 ? 340, Prooem. 33 ? 3, [60] ? 14, [61] ? 13,
Ep. 1 ? 6.
127. 'ypmpei'q : iterative ; ' accomplish the purpose for which
(lit. 'the subject concerning which ') they were proposed in each
instance. ' It is to the antecedent of mpl. 6v that roi'rrmv refers
in l. 129.
128. pucpd, 6M'ya, ' but a few tliings,' ' but little. '
130. iipptxu: understanding dv from 1. 128. ctvexd. ye
din? wpe? rmm 'so far as decrees are concerned,' 'had it depended
on decrees alone'; equivalent to a protasis, cp. 4 ? 15 oii'rw
(Goodwin JIT. ? 472). 25 ? 65 e'z'vex' dvaideias, Xen. jllcm. iv
3, 3 ? iIrs cl ,uxh elxouev, linoioi Toi's rugbhoi's all final, ci'vsxd. 76
1631! 'r'I/Le're? pwv 6? 0ahn6m
? 15 l. 133. rdga, 'order of time'; Suvd'm, 'essential im-
portance,' 'rcal efiicacy. ' 1rp61'epov is further explained by
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? III ? 15, 16 THIRD OLYNTHIAG 201
xpei'r'rov. Imitated by Saliust Jug. 85 gorcrc (quae consulis
sunt) quam ficri (consulem) tempera posterius, re atque usu
prius est.
135. elweiv--Swe? pevou: Thuc. iii 38, 3 udkza'ra [. 1611 min):
shreiu Ema-ms ficuke? uevos 66vwo'0az KT)\. ei'rreiv and 11ku
are both placed in emphatic positions to heighten tie con-
trast between the present sentence which deals with words
and the following sentence which deals with deeds. The orator
uses the positive degree in elmiv Suvdpzvon. (without ,udhwra)
in modest reference to the eloquence of orators like himself,
but the superlative 'yvdwm. e? fie? 'rwrou in compliment to the in-
telligence of his audience.
136. vaduevou Hahn (Bemerkungen p. 696) regards it as questionable
Greek to say 1rap' {miv eirn awaamt, and accordingly proposes ol. Gwal-
pen/m. Similarly in 2 ? 29 he approves oi oi. Boqae? peym 0'. rpwxe? d'tm,
and in 3 ? 33 {0'11 10. 6141. 1-(1 . . crrave? 'e? vovra: also in 4 ? 22 rroAiras [foils
01pa-revoue'vou9] rupeivm "mire. In the text, however, Suvdpsvou
seems to be treated as an Adj. = Mum-oi, because it corresponds to 6515-
'ra. 'ro|. in the parallel clause. Cp. ? 25 mb? poveg fimzv Kai . . ue? vov-ree.
Similarly in ? 33 501:. . . e'navfcivov'm. is parallel to 7074191" Ewiv, and
? 16 ixuw Krk. t0 Ex0p6q.
137. Kul. wpifim Se? --Ilrotfi're, ' aye, and you will now be able
to act, if you do your duty' (esp. by assigning the surplus of
your revenues to the conduct of the war and not to your
amusements). lull. . . N: 9 ? 70, 18 ? 215, etc. 'Irpd'rrew
(agerc) here appears to refer to action in general, role-TV
(faccrc) to the doing of the several acts considered as a series
of details. Cp. 4 ? 20 ? 1ri 1Q rpdr'ruv 0:366 16. pucde woze'ire,
9 ? 15 Tocaii'ra. rpd'r'rwv 'rl brain; See on 4 ?
