vovs Kal Xcipn'ra Kai
Xapldnyav
(801101.
Demosthenese - First Philippic and the Olynthiacs
el: ll.
215, 217 ; cp.
4 ?
43 0mm.
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. ei, Goodwin MT. ? 494.
211. MY 8. 10. 01, ' on all occasions. '
212. e? ipav, 'season'; 4 ? 31, 8 ? 17, 9 ? 50.
213. \lnldngopivwv: 3 ? 14. mveuvope? vwv: 4 ? 10.
214. arepwtyve'rm, 'gets the better of' us from time to time.
215. ei. . . wepufipev: of continuous action, 'if we were ever
holding our own' ; Goodwin MT. ? 496.
? 24 l. 217. {Keivo eaupe? gw, ei. (cp. 11. 210, 215) Ann. piv
. (223) wvl. 3' 6Kvei'r(e): it is in the second clause that the
ground of the orator's wonder is expressed. He is surprised
at the incmw'istency between the past and the present attitude
of Athens. In translating we may make the first clause
subordinate, beginning with 'while,' or we may introduce the
second with 'aud yet. '
219. ianp--Smatmv, 'for the rights of Greece'; 6 ? 10 'rd.
Kan/d, 51mm). 1131' 'Ehhfivwv. See note on 4 ? 3 (l'l'lre? p 763v dtxatwv)
---1rb)\e/. Lov, l. 26. riv'rfipwre: 6 ? 5 ; dquNpe'fN' dyfav-
la'maflm (Bekk. Anced. )
220. oI'm fiOehfiu-a-re after (218) el = 61:. Similarly in Lys.
13 ? 82 011K el'a after cl = 1r6-repov, ib. 30 ? 32 (sen/or . . 501:6?
elmu . . sl . . 00K e? rexelpno'av. Cp. Cope on Aristot. Rhet. i
15, 23 Appendix C.
221. tv(a. ) . . nixmn: after the Iinperf. we should (accord-
ing to the usual rule) have expected 'riixozev. Both moods are
combined in 23 ? 93 and [49] ? ? 14, 81.
In the genuine speeches of Demosthenes 1110. after secondm'y tenses is
followed 14 times by Subj. Pres. , 20 times by Subj. Aor. , and once by
both in the same sentence; also 13 times by Opt. Pres. , 18 times by Opt.
Aor. , and 5 times by both, so that in Demosthenes the Subj. is more
frequent than the Opt. (Weber's Absichtssiitze ii pp. 33 f). Even if we
inclu)de final clauses after an", the total for Subj. is 38, for Opt. 37 (ib.
p. 36 .
223. rpoextvfiuvee? e're, 'you used to bear the brunt of peril ' ;
18 ? 208, Thuc. i 73. 6Kvei-r' e? gte? vm. contrasted
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? 178 SECOND 0L YNTHIA C II ? ? 24--26
with wposxzvfiwezicrs, and PM", siw? e? pew with ela? e? powesz
chiasmus.
225. o'eo-dma'rs Mk: Isocr. Ep. 2 (Philip) ? 19 (Athens)
,ulav e? Kdu'T-rlv 'rt'bv we? hewv Kal aby-rrao'av 'r'hv 'Ehhdfia rohthLs' #517
o'e? o'wxev.
226. nohhmims refers not only to wdvras (in allusion to the
Persian \vars) but also in a still higher degree to me' Ev' "in-63v
{v pe? pu (e. g. Euboea 1 ? 8, 18 ? 99 ; Thebes and Sparta 16 ? 14,
23 ? 191). aim-61v : Gen. after Kae' gv' =? Kaa"rov, cp. 4 ? 20.
6v pe? peu, 'in turn' ; Aeschin. 2 ? 41, 3 ? 4, Isocr. 4 ? ? 96,
164.
227. Ke? e'llfl'eit ? 23.
? 251. 227. ruira: expressed by Sing. e'KeZ'vo while still in
prospect, l. 217.
229. sovwrm: 4 ? 39, 8 ? 21; far stronger than e? lie? ket.
Mylo-0. 00m, 'to reflect,' summing up the result of your
actions ; not Myzmom, 'to calculate. ' mic-0v . . Xpe? vov:
the war had begun, eight years before, with Philip's capture of
Amphipolis in 357 3. 0. (01. 105, 34). '
230. 1'6 wouoivv-rmv must be turned into an Ind. , 'what you
have been doing while . . ' Op. 4 ? 3 ll. 22 f.
232. m'rre? iv 2 contrasted with e? -re? pous des. ? r? povs Irwc'lsz
0101/ 10179 fie?
vovs Kal Xcipn'ra Kai Xapldnyav (801101. ); 3 ? 35, 4
? ? 7, 50; 14? 15. Cp. Thuc. i 161 fin. e? hmge? v'rwv
npe? ficw : the normal construction after e? A-Klfw in Demosthenes.
Cp. notes on 4 ? 2, 1 ? 14.
233. ulruope? vwv dhkfihous KT)>>: Prooem. 35 ? 3 (ihhfihwv
T6PL'YL'YV6/L? VOL Kal mix). TLZ'W e'XOPLTW, 1min" dvnhcha/uv Te>>
prvov. prdv'rwv : probably a reference to Chares (schol.
and Aeschin. 2 ? 30) ; cp. ? 29 and note on 4 ? 47 l. 427.
234. wdhw ihfltgdv'rwv: at 7641 o'Tpa'rn'on pre? yevot Kafi-
u1rm'xvoz7v1'o 102's 'AO'qx/alms, s't'w dzpeOGm, nio'oe Kal 76. 4156 16. :
v-r'laous 0. 0102; 1rpoo'K1'1'10'ao'0aL Kai Tdoe Kai 76. 56 Ka'ropflc'bu'ar
(sehol. )
? 26 l. 236. 650W: . . e'krrfige-re, '(are you so senseless) that
you expect. ' dime . . e? lwrlfew, '(so senseless) as to eaqzect,' would
express the senselessness of expecting, without necessarily
implying that you do expect (Goodwin MT. ? 601).
240. gxov . . (lulu-w, 'natural'; used as Adj. to Mars, just
as silhoyov is the Adj. to he? 'yos.
Exov s'm-l (New is here preferred to e? 'xu ? |icnv for the sake. of symmetry
with se? Aoyov (e? u-rl). The periphrasis with e? xov is used where several
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? II ? ? 26--28 SECOND 0L YNTHIAO' 179
predicates are coupled with e'o'n', 18 ? 13 oii'rs . . 6pm}; Exov oil-re froM-nxbv
051s dfmuov 6'0er, 23 ? 73 Simmov ll opgdig e'u'nv e? 'xov. Op. 3 ? 25 015(51)on
II e'v . . 56st ae'vov-rss. e'xov Ecrva is also found by itself in 20 ? 18, 21 ? 119,
29 ? 29, 31 ? 11. Up. 4 ? 13 (Westermann).
241. 1'l'0)\l'| --1re? <|>ux? v : constr. 1r07\z'1 {160v 1re? ? w<ev excl/ms
? uhdxrrsw i) K-r'fpo'ao'flar rdwa. Cp. Prooem. 45 ? 3 shrer . .
mil/1a 1re? ? uxe pdfiwv, rpafzu 5' ol'lx drawn. (so Weil and Blass ;
cp. Goodwin MT. ? 745). Others prefer the constr. miv-ra.
1re? ? erv (oii'rws c'bo're)1ro)u'1 paw ? u7\d'r1'sw exovras 'h Krfio'aafiat
(My e? 'xov-ras). (So Franke and Westermanu. ) For the sense
cp. Thuc. ii 65 0. 117va e? 'xowas d? alpe? fivaz '7) Krwne'vovs dru-
X'Flo'ar, Xen. Cyr. vii 5, 26, Anab. vii 7, 28. For the converse
thought see 1 ? 23. Both maxims (says Dindorf) are 'equally
true of different characters and persons. To some it is easier
to acquire than to retain, to others the reverse. '
243. inrh 'roii wohe? lwu: after passive sense of Xonre? v ? 011.
244. m'rrdw: emphatic.
? 271. 245. (hp). 8? ] Seiv: ? l4, 4 ? 21, 1 ? ? 6, 17; se. 151. 469.
etc-Mpcw xpfipwra: 1 ? 20. The scholiasts (assuming
that this speech is later than the first Olynthiae) notice that
Demosthenes does not venture to repeat his unpopular 'proposal'
to apply the 'theoric fund ' to the purposes of war (1 ? ? 19 f).
Hence his former 'proposal' is now only indirectly suggested in
eia? e? psw, (249) rd; 1rpa? dzrezs d? eheiv and (250) 1d Kafl' dais
AMI/mam.
'246. Gl'l'ltfideal. I, 801101. . diaflahke? vruv' 'ydp' 76v pn-re? pwv 1:01); u'rpa'm-
zoll? y tlfi? 1reff1rolltu (ll/To"; ifll KPLU'IV, Kill. TPVTUV GVaXUPT'UtlI/TUIV spinal:
"Maps-m 'ra. "pawn-m. The context, especially ll. 250--3, shows that in
this general phmse the orator has a special case in view ; and the scholiast
is doubtless right in supposing that Chares is meant (Weil). Cp. ? 28.
1rpl. v dv--Kpu-rfio-q-re, 'till you have gained your objects,'
or 'become masters of the situation. ' Hyper. Epit. end
of col. 5 avve'B-q 5' afi'rq? 16311 new 1rpa'y/1d1wv 6w wpoelhe'ro
Kpa'rfio'az (Blass).
249. TM npoltdo-a; 'rd'w a'TpaT'rl'ycIW (4 ? 25), explained by
the following section.
250. e? hhetppm-a, 'defaults. '
251. nikpdis, 'strictly,' 'scverely'; 22 ? 20 e? dv micst Kal
drhc'ds 'rds 1rpo? dasis dve? hm'e, 45 ?
. ei, Goodwin MT. ? 494.
211. MY 8. 10. 01, ' on all occasions. '
212. e? ipav, 'season'; 4 ? 31, 8 ? 17, 9 ? 50.
213. \lnldngopivwv: 3 ? 14. mveuvope? vwv: 4 ? 10.
214. arepwtyve'rm, 'gets the better of' us from time to time.
215. ei. . . wepufipev: of continuous action, 'if we were ever
holding our own' ; Goodwin MT. ? 496.
? 24 l. 217. {Keivo eaupe? gw, ei. (cp. 11. 210, 215) Ann. piv
. (223) wvl. 3' 6Kvei'r(e): it is in the second clause that the
ground of the orator's wonder is expressed. He is surprised
at the incmw'istency between the past and the present attitude
of Athens. In translating we may make the first clause
subordinate, beginning with 'while,' or we may introduce the
second with 'aud yet. '
219. ianp--Smatmv, 'for the rights of Greece'; 6 ? 10 'rd.
Kan/d, 51mm). 1131' 'Ehhfivwv. See note on 4 ? 3 (l'l'lre? p 763v dtxatwv)
---1rb)\e/. Lov, l. 26. riv'rfipwre: 6 ? 5 ; dquNpe'fN' dyfav-
la'maflm (Bekk. Anced. )
220. oI'm fiOehfiu-a-re after (218) el = 61:. Similarly in Lys.
13 ? 82 011K el'a after cl = 1r6-repov, ib. 30 ? 32 (sen/or . . 501:6?
elmu . . sl . . 00K e? rexelpno'av. Cp. Cope on Aristot. Rhet. i
15, 23 Appendix C.
221. tv(a. ) . . nixmn: after the Iinperf. we should (accord-
ing to the usual rule) have expected 'riixozev. Both moods are
combined in 23 ? 93 and [49] ? ? 14, 81.
In the genuine speeches of Demosthenes 1110. after secondm'y tenses is
followed 14 times by Subj. Pres. , 20 times by Subj. Aor. , and once by
both in the same sentence; also 13 times by Opt. Pres. , 18 times by Opt.
Aor. , and 5 times by both, so that in Demosthenes the Subj. is more
frequent than the Opt. (Weber's Absichtssiitze ii pp. 33 f). Even if we
inclu)de final clauses after an", the total for Subj. is 38, for Opt. 37 (ib.
p. 36 .
223. rpoextvfiuvee? e're, 'you used to bear the brunt of peril ' ;
18 ? 208, Thuc. i 73. 6Kvei-r' e? gte? vm. contrasted
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? 178 SECOND 0L YNTHIA C II ? ? 24--26
with wposxzvfiwezicrs, and PM", siw? e? pew with ela? e? powesz
chiasmus.
225. o'eo-dma'rs Mk: Isocr. Ep. 2 (Philip) ? 19 (Athens)
,ulav e? Kdu'T-rlv 'rt'bv we? hewv Kal aby-rrao'av 'r'hv 'Ehhdfia rohthLs' #517
o'e? o'wxev.
226. nohhmims refers not only to wdvras (in allusion to the
Persian \vars) but also in a still higher degree to me' Ev' "in-63v
{v pe? pu (e. g. Euboea 1 ? 8, 18 ? 99 ; Thebes and Sparta 16 ? 14,
23 ? 191). aim-61v : Gen. after Kae' gv' =? Kaa"rov, cp. 4 ? 20.
6v pe? peu, 'in turn' ; Aeschin. 2 ? 41, 3 ? 4, Isocr. 4 ? ? 96,
164.
227. Ke? e'llfl'eit ? 23.
? 251. 227. ruira: expressed by Sing. e'KeZ'vo while still in
prospect, l. 217.
229. sovwrm: 4 ? 39, 8 ? 21; far stronger than e? lie? ket.
Mylo-0. 00m, 'to reflect,' summing up the result of your
actions ; not Myzmom, 'to calculate. ' mic-0v . . Xpe? vov:
the war had begun, eight years before, with Philip's capture of
Amphipolis in 357 3. 0. (01. 105, 34). '
230. 1'6 wouoivv-rmv must be turned into an Ind. , 'what you
have been doing while . . ' Op. 4 ? 3 ll. 22 f.
232. m'rre? iv 2 contrasted with e? -re? pous des. ? r? povs Irwc'lsz
0101/ 10179 fie?
vovs Kal Xcipn'ra Kai Xapldnyav (801101. ); 3 ? 35, 4
? ? 7, 50; 14? 15. Cp. Thuc. i 161 fin. e? hmge? v'rwv
npe? ficw : the normal construction after e? A-Klfw in Demosthenes.
Cp. notes on 4 ? 2, 1 ? 14.
233. ulruope? vwv dhkfihous KT)>>: Prooem. 35 ? 3 (ihhfihwv
T6PL'YL'YV6/L? VOL Kal mix). TLZ'W e'XOPLTW, 1min" dvnhcha/uv Te>>
prvov. prdv'rwv : probably a reference to Chares (schol.
and Aeschin. 2 ? 30) ; cp. ? 29 and note on 4 ? 47 l. 427.
234. wdhw ihfltgdv'rwv: at 7641 o'Tpa'rn'on pre? yevot Kafi-
u1rm'xvoz7v1'o 102's 'AO'qx/alms, s't'w dzpeOGm, nio'oe Kal 76. 4156 16. :
v-r'laous 0. 0102; 1rpoo'K1'1'10'ao'0aL Kai Tdoe Kai 76. 56 Ka'ropflc'bu'ar
(sehol. )
? 26 l. 236. 650W: . . e'krrfige-re, '(are you so senseless) that
you expect. ' dime . . e? lwrlfew, '(so senseless) as to eaqzect,' would
express the senselessness of expecting, without necessarily
implying that you do expect (Goodwin MT. ? 601).
240. gxov . . (lulu-w, 'natural'; used as Adj. to Mars, just
as silhoyov is the Adj. to he? 'yos.
Exov s'm-l (New is here preferred to e? 'xu ? |icnv for the sake. of symmetry
with se? Aoyov (e? u-rl). The periphrasis with e? xov is used where several
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? II ? ? 26--28 SECOND 0L YNTHIAO' 179
predicates are coupled with e'o'n', 18 ? 13 oii'rs . . 6pm}; Exov oil-re froM-nxbv
051s dfmuov 6'0er, 23 ? 73 Simmov ll opgdig e'u'nv e? 'xov. Op. 3 ? 25 015(51)on
II e'v . . 56st ae'vov-rss. e'xov Ecrva is also found by itself in 20 ? 18, 21 ? 119,
29 ? 29, 31 ? 11. Up. 4 ? 13 (Westermann).
241. 1'l'0)\l'| --1re? <|>ux? v : constr. 1r07\z'1 {160v 1re? ? w<ev excl/ms
? uhdxrrsw i) K-r'fpo'ao'flar rdwa. Cp. Prooem. 45 ? 3 shrer . .
mil/1a 1re? ? uxe pdfiwv, rpafzu 5' ol'lx drawn. (so Weil and Blass ;
cp. Goodwin MT. ? 745). Others prefer the constr. miv-ra.
1re? ? erv (oii'rws c'bo're)1ro)u'1 paw ? u7\d'r1'sw exovras 'h Krfio'aafiat
(My e? 'xov-ras). (So Franke and Westermanu. ) For the sense
cp. Thuc. ii 65 0. 117va e? 'xowas d? alpe? fivaz '7) Krwne'vovs dru-
X'Flo'ar, Xen. Cyr. vii 5, 26, Anab. vii 7, 28. For the converse
thought see 1 ? 23. Both maxims (says Dindorf) are 'equally
true of different characters and persons. To some it is easier
to acquire than to retain, to others the reverse. '
243. inrh 'roii wohe? lwu: after passive sense of Xonre? v ? 011.
244. m'rrdw: emphatic.
? 271. 245. (hp). 8? ] Seiv: ? l4, 4 ? 21, 1 ? ? 6, 17; se. 151. 469.
etc-Mpcw xpfipwra: 1 ? 20. The scholiasts (assuming
that this speech is later than the first Olynthiae) notice that
Demosthenes does not venture to repeat his unpopular 'proposal'
to apply the 'theoric fund ' to the purposes of war (1 ? ? 19 f).
Hence his former 'proposal' is now only indirectly suggested in
eia? e? psw, (249) rd; 1rpa? dzrezs d? eheiv and (250) 1d Kafl' dais
AMI/mam.
'246. Gl'l'ltfideal. I, 801101. . diaflahke? vruv' 'ydp' 76v pn-re? pwv 1:01); u'rpa'm-
zoll? y tlfi? 1reff1rolltu (ll/To"; ifll KPLU'IV, Kill. TPVTUV GVaXUPT'UtlI/TUIV spinal:
"Maps-m 'ra. "pawn-m. The context, especially ll. 250--3, shows that in
this general phmse the orator has a special case in view ; and the scholiast
is doubtless right in supposing that Chares is meant (Weil). Cp. ? 28.
1rpl. v dv--Kpu-rfio-q-re, 'till you have gained your objects,'
or 'become masters of the situation. ' Hyper. Epit. end
of col. 5 avve'B-q 5' afi'rq? 16311 new 1rpa'y/1d1wv 6w wpoelhe'ro
Kpa'rfio'az (Blass).
249. TM npoltdo-a; 'rd'w a'TpaT'rl'ycIW (4 ? 25), explained by
the following section.
250. e? hhetppm-a, 'defaults. '
251. nikpdis, 'strictly,' 'scverely'; 22 ? 20 e? dv micst Kal
drhc'ds 'rds 1rpo? dasis dve? hm'e, 45 ?
