How, 'in
possession
of.
Demosthenese - First Philippic and the Olynthiacs
? 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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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 ? 4 1. 48.
'This distinction differs from that of Funkhanel:---'1roteiv do tots.
agendi rations et consilio accipienrlum. Contra wpdrruv de ipsa actione
et susceptioue rei dicitur, maxime in singulis rebus; universe autem mndv
ponitur. Notabile hoc exempluln, 23 ? 178 1ra'lv-r' ivw mi mi-m 1re1roiryxl
Kai. ofidiv duh}; 068% dixaiwe inpafe' (nsrroinxe, however, is bracketed by
Blass).
' ? 16 l. 139. xp6vov, 'time' in general, contrasted with
KGLP6V, 'a point of time,' or a specially suitable 'season' or
' opportunity. '
141. mix (as in 9 ? 32) influences the principal verbs in both
01' the following clauses, flew-timed (143) as well as wpoefkqdn
(cp. ? 2; 414, 31).
142. xwp((a. ): 4 ? 4, 1 ? 9. 'rm'rrqs: not Attica, but
the territory of the Olynthian confederation.
143. miv'raw: masc. before Adv. alwxw-'rn, as in 27 ? 18
dvawxuvre? -rar' dvfipu'nrwv.
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? 202 THIRD 0L YNTHIAG III ? ? 16-18
144. oils . . c'e? a'ew '(1. 16): an exaggeration for 07s . .
flonfifia'ew.
cre? o'ew is not inconsistent with 'ITOAEMfiO'QLEV, and does not involve
the alteration of that verb into :1 Passive or the adoption of "maria-aw
ixe'ivos which would describe the Olynthians as the persons attacked.
'maguv non solurn belle petites sed etiam petentes servare, omnino ue
afflictos incolumes servare, per-ire non pati; Lucian Phalam's i c. 9 ad) 6w
76v e'mflsfiouhwxe? -ra--, . . foils Exepmis, . . mirror); 113v e'mxelprlcre? vrwv
not . . Emma-a," (Voemel ed. 1829).
145. oi'm EXepos; KT)\. Z 25? 63 015K o'urefifis; 013K Liv/16s; 00x
dxdfiap-ros ; 01'! crwcoqfidv-rns ;
146.
How, 'in possession of. ' 01': defiopos; Demo-
sthenes treats Philip as a mere Macedonian, a member of a
' barbarous ' tribe ; but the royal house claimed descent from the
Heracleidae of Argos (Herod. viii 137, ix 45, Thuc. ii 99, 2,
v 80, 2), and one of Philip's ancestors, Alexander, had as a
Greek been allowed to compete at the Olympic games (Herod.
v 22). Demosthenes, however, in his hatred of Philip, never
acknowledges his Greek descent, ? ? 20, 24; 9? 31, 19 ? 327.
See also Holm iii c. 14 n. 4. mix 8 1". av d'rrol. 'rus; se.
ailre? v, '(is he) not--anything you like to call (him)? 2 ? 3,
[13] ? 4. Here we may imagine the orator almost out of
breath as he gasps out this final and comprehensive phrase of
vituperation. In such a spasmodic utterance no one need be
surprised either at the presence of hiatus or at the concurrence
of several short syllables.
? 17l. 147. e? dvav'res: [10] ? 8 11117111. . . dihvywpfifln. mU-ra
. . e? aae? vra. no. 2 1rapo? 0e? vra TaO'r' d/Lehozilteva.
148. p. 6vov oi'axl, ' alniost,' ' all but,' 1 ? 2. o-vyKa-ra-
d'Kflldfl'fl-V'ris: 23 ? 108 TGW e'Ka'vzp (Philip) GU'YKGT60'KEUGK6'TWV
n'yu dpxfiv, [17] ? 15, [43] ? 4, all the exx. in Demosthenes.
"baa-1mm, 'therenpon ' ; 2 ? 7, 5 ? 13.
154. pikhov, 'rather ' than himself. fl'r'rqwrm: so. 01
fiTTnOe? u'res, already implied in Ttilll ? uye? vrwm
155. Simon: 1. 87. pe? vew . . e? fifiv, 'he might have
stood his ground ' (but really ran away) ; Goodwin M T. ? 419.
? 18 l. 157. KGl- vfiv, 'similarly now,' applying the com-
parison to the present case; 1 ? 11 ml . . ofirws. vfiv is
not to be coupled with My". For the short hypothetical state-
ments which follow, and may be represented most easily as a.
series of questions, cp. ? 34, 18 ? 107.
158. Mos, 'any one else,' in general; (159) 'e? repos, a
second speaker. (lard-rm: only in 19 ? 57 (with (wands),
20 ? 113, L122. l? 14.
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? III ? 18 THIRD OLYNTHIAO 203
159. 6. 70. ij flax", 'and may success attend you'; Prooem.
32 ? 4 66. 1! (Tow X67011) aup. ? e? pov0' 66pm", d'yaO-fi Trix-g 1l'fl'060'0dl.
A customary formula specially used (like quad felix faustum-
que sit) as a heading in public documents, e. g. Ditt. no. 10 l. 40,
nos. 112, 128, 318, 320, 339, 347 ; cp. Plato Symp. 177 E, Laws
625 0. The same words, written in golden letters, were in-
scribed on the shield of Demosthenes at the battle of Chaeroneia
(Plut. Dem. 20 ? 2).
160. oi'me? ri--dSmeiI, ' there the speaker is at fault no longer '
(as he was in the previous case, 1. 157). The insertion of roW'
prevents an accumulation of short syllables.
161. whfiv--mpakehm, 'unless he happens to omit some
necessary prayer' (lit. 'cxcept if, when he ought to pray, he
omits ' to do so) ; a satirical hit at an audience itself inclined
to the expression of pious hopes for the best, and expecting
such an expression on the part of its orators also; ridct
Athenicnses iii omnia coxa'is perfici posse sperarent (Sauppe).
eiifio. at: 24 ? 68 elixir: . . Ep'yov, Plato Rep. 450 D,
456 C efixa'is lipora.
163. its 'rm'n'6 coupled with a'vvd'yew, Aeschin. 2? 145, Plato
Laws 811 A; here with 6. 0 ota'av'r(a), a word not found elsewhere
in Demosthenes. e? v Myrp may refer either to time or space
('in a short petition '), understanding xpe? vq: (Voemel, Weil) or
xdipq: respectively, or M'qu or new (all these are suggested in
Reiske's Imler). It is applied to time in Thuc. iii 66, 3, iv 55,
3, Plato Ap. 22 B (xpe? vq: expressed in Thuc. i 93, l) ; to space in
Thuc. ii 84, 2; 86, 5; iv 26, 3; 55, 4; 96, 3; vii 67, 3;
70, 4, Xen. Hell. iv 4, 12 (cp. Thuc. vii 36, 6 Eva? epoae? vous
. . e? s 6M'yov 're Kal rdvras 6': T! ) 0. 1376, and ii 84, 1 Evvfi'yov 6's
6M'yov), Aristot. . It'hel. iii 11, 9 601p 8. >> e? hdr'row (11;; Reset) Kal
drinker/Mums hexoi, 'rod'orhq: 566010;"? [Mikhail ' Ta 6' al-riov (in 1'7
[. utflnms 6L6. p. 211 10 dvnxeia'Gai ,ufihhov, 64d 5% To e'v 6M'ytp ('in a
short compass') 0611011 'Yll/ETGL. Cp. Eph. iii 3 ' in few words,'
Acts xxvi 28 f ' with but little persuasion' (RV. ), not
' almost ' (AV. ) e? v 6M'yq: is not found in Demosthenes, the Dat.
Neut. of (SM-yo: occurring three times, but only in the phrase
6Mqu 1rp0're? pov. In Prooem. 53 ? 3, however, we have an
equivalent phrase 61/ ,Bpaxei ho'ylaaage ('for a moment').
e? vl. Ae? yqi, 'in a single word,' is a conjecture supported by only four
inferior Mss. In Soph. El. 1089 we have We ? e? peiv <e? v> Evi. Ae? yq>> ('at
once,' 'in one account"); in Thuc. v 8. 5, 2in Adyw is 'in one continuous
speech'=? uvcz? e? [nicer ib. ?
