vq:
expressed
in Thuc.
Demosthenese - First Philippic and the Olynthiacs
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. ? 1. It means ' in short' in Plato Phaedo 7'3 A,
97 a, Rep. 434 n, 439A, 5711), Laws 8560, Aristot. Eth. N. ii 1, 7, and
Lucian Imagines c. 14. In Rep. 571 n e'v blu'yzg is the reading of the first
hand of the Paris us; in 4371) it is that of all the use of Plato and an
important us of Athen. 123 c, where the passage is quoted, while e? v't Adytp
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? 204 THIRD OLYNTHIAC' III ? ? 18, 19
is a correction due to Comarius and universally accepted. Conversely, in
Thuc. vi 34, 4 Kurd. Ae? yov is corrected by Dobree into xa'r' ohl'yov. In the
text there is no suggestion of summing up, which is the ordinary meaning
of e? vi. A15qu, 'in short' ; s'v okiyqiis therefore retained.
164. wpaypd-rwv, ' practical measures,' contrasted with
empty words and idle aspirations. wporetfi : see note on
4 ? 1 1rpoi'rrl0fl'o, and add CIA. ii 47, 6 TOI'IS' 1rpoe? 6povs rpoOeral.
1repl 0. 67017 (or 'roi'mov ib. 76, 15).
165. oime? h'c): l. 160.
? 191. 167. txu, 'can,' with el1re2'v 8 ? 70, 9 ? ? 25, 68,
BLsEelfiei'v 9 ? 21, dil'nhe? 'yew 8 ? 31, e? 'yKaheTv 9 ? 24, 5625a:
18 ? 138, a'u'io'al. 8 ? 3, and 5:. a0e? o'0ai (2 ? 16). 'rd. pruke? :
a topic which has been in the orator's mind since ? 14.
He now takes up the imaginary suggestion that it might be
possible to let the festival-fund alone and provide supplies
from other sources.
168. we? povs e? rfpoos: 1 ? 20. wparwnxofis: applic-
able to military purposes.
169. erf'r'mv (' superior,' 'cleverer'): sc. e? o'rl. xpef-n-ov'
(sc. Myer, cp. ? 18 Myer. fish-rim and 16. fle? krw-ra, and 18 ? 320
xpd-rwm Mwa) is preferred by Blass on rhythmical grounds ;
but eri-rrw alone is found as Neut. P1. in Dem. (20 ? 163).
170. el'rrsp inw, 'if it is possible,' = 61'1er n: fixer. la'rw,
applied to things, is here parallel to lxet, applied to persons
(Weil). This is preferable to understanding ns G'wa 661:1 or
'romfrros m.
171. hop-6. 10:: ironically referred to a stronger phrase,
such as dromiv e? a-rw. 'yfyofle), 'is possible,' with Dat. ,
Xen. Cyr. vi 3, 11 hafle'iil p. 01 'ye? iion'o all'rbv, and e? 'ye? I/e'ro in viii
1, 15 and Anab. i 9, 13. '
172. rd. 1ro. p6v1'(a. ), 'what he has,' contrasted with (173) 're? iv
durdvraw, ' what he has lost' (cp. Hesiod Works and Days
364--5). The reference in both clauses is to the expenditure on
the festival-fund. The schol. wrongly refers 'niv lit-Irov-rmv to
the imaginary 'new supplies,' 0! ne? Mowes 1r6p0L. Demosthenes
is purposely stating an impossible case. 8. pfi 5st : not or),
as the relative is here indefinite. shrapfio-m : cp. 8 ? 19.
174. pe? yu. . . irrrtian, 'is a great support' (or 'incentive ') ;
2? 141. 1'29. rotoa'rrmg: such as the proposal to invent
fresh sources of supply.
175. Sid'lrep, 'and for that very reason,' as in 1 ? 23, 6 ? 11,
9? 46, 18 ? ? 113, 120, 138, 226; 19 ? 54, Thuc. viii 92, 1.
Others (Sauppe and Weil) take it as meaning propterca. quad,
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?
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. ? 1. It means ' in short' in Plato Phaedo 7'3 A,
97 a, Rep. 434 n, 439A, 5711), Laws 8560, Aristot. Eth. N. ii 1, 7, and
Lucian Imagines c. 14. In Rep. 571 n e'v blu'yzg is the reading of the first
hand of the Paris us; in 4371) it is that of all the use of Plato and an
important us of Athen. 123 c, where the passage is quoted, while e? v't Adytp
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? 204 THIRD OLYNTHIAC' III ? ? 18, 19
is a correction due to Comarius and universally accepted. Conversely, in
Thuc. vi 34, 4 Kurd. Ae? yov is corrected by Dobree into xa'r' ohl'yov. In the
text there is no suggestion of summing up, which is the ordinary meaning
of e? vi. A15qu, 'in short' ; s'v okiyqiis therefore retained.
164. wpaypd-rwv, ' practical measures,' contrasted with
empty words and idle aspirations. wporetfi : see note on
4 ? 1 1rpoi'rrl0fl'o, and add CIA. ii 47, 6 TOI'IS' 1rpoe? 6povs rpoOeral.
1repl 0. 67017 (or 'roi'mov ib. 76, 15).
165. oime? h'c): l. 160.
? 191. 167. txu, 'can,' with el1re2'v 8 ? 70, 9 ? ? 25, 68,
BLsEelfiei'v 9 ? 21, dil'nhe? 'yew 8 ? 31, e? 'yKaheTv 9 ? 24, 5625a:
18 ? 138, a'u'io'al. 8 ? 3, and 5:. a0e? o'0ai (2 ? 16). 'rd. pruke? :
a topic which has been in the orator's mind since ? 14.
He now takes up the imaginary suggestion that it might be
possible to let the festival-fund alone and provide supplies
from other sources.
168. we? povs e? rfpoos: 1 ? 20. wparwnxofis: applic-
able to military purposes.
169. erf'r'mv (' superior,' 'cleverer'): sc. e? o'rl. xpef-n-ov'
(sc. Myer, cp. ? 18 Myer. fish-rim and 16. fle? krw-ra, and 18 ? 320
xpd-rwm Mwa) is preferred by Blass on rhythmical grounds ;
but eri-rrw alone is found as Neut. P1. in Dem. (20 ? 163).
170. el'rrsp inw, 'if it is possible,' = 61'1er n: fixer. la'rw,
applied to things, is here parallel to lxet, applied to persons
(Weil). This is preferable to understanding ns G'wa 661:1 or
'romfrros m.
171. hop-6. 10:: ironically referred to a stronger phrase,
such as dromiv e? a-rw. 'yfyofle), 'is possible,' with Dat. ,
Xen. Cyr. vi 3, 11 hafle'iil p. 01 'ye? iion'o all'rbv, and e? 'ye? I/e'ro in viii
1, 15 and Anab. i 9, 13. '
172. rd. 1ro. p6v1'(a. ), 'what he has,' contrasted with (173) 're? iv
durdvraw, ' what he has lost' (cp. Hesiod Works and Days
364--5). The reference in both clauses is to the expenditure on
the festival-fund. The schol. wrongly refers 'niv lit-Irov-rmv to
the imaginary 'new supplies,' 0! ne? Mowes 1r6p0L. Demosthenes
is purposely stating an impossible case. 8. pfi 5st : not or),
as the relative is here indefinite. shrapfio-m : cp. 8 ? 19.
174. pe? yu. . . irrrtian, 'is a great support' (or 'incentive ') ;
2? 141. 1'29. rotoa'rrmg: such as the proposal to invent
fresh sources of supply.
175. Sid'lrep, 'and for that very reason,' as in 1 ? 23, 6 ? 11,
9? 46, 18 ? ? 113, 120, 138, 226; 19 ? 54, Thuc. viii 92, 1.
Others (Sauppe and Weil) take it as meaning propterca. quad,
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