) Thirlwall
v 177 f, Grote c- 92 viii 294, ASchaefer ii 36 2.
v 177 f, Grote c- 92 viii 294, ASchaefer ii 36 2.
Demosthenese - First Philippic and the Olynthiacs
051-05: Philip.
137. ois, 'in (or 'by ') which' ; 9 ? 40 01: (Iv ns lo'xfiew 16. :
woken Kplvor.
138. errwdmkwlre? pav, 'more insecure,' sc. rip: MaKedomK'hv
Silva/ml.
142. rein-(o) (To 5697: e? mfiuasiv) igfihwxev, 'has made this
his passion' ; 20 ? 30 1rp6vozav e? roreiro. . 'rfis 1rohrrelas, Kal . .
1repl rodrou . . e? aroddafi'ev. Kai. wpoflp'q-ral. Krk, 'has
deliberately chosen to suffer whatever may befall him, during
a life of action and adventure. ' For Inf. after rpoarpefaliar
cp. 3 ? 21, 4 ? 49.
This is better than taking Toii-r' e'fiwaev mi. wpofipn'ral. together, and
making rein-o refer to the subsequent "11061,, as though Philip's ambition
was 'to suffer everything. ' The punctuation adopted in the text (comma.
after E? 'Moxev and not after e? mflvnei) is supported by Rudiger in Philologus
18 (18627), 722 against Holzinger and Westermann'i.
143. av o'upfifi fl: 8 ? 41, 20? 50, 21 ? 112. wadeiv:
euphemistic for d1ro0avsi'u. dv @4435 TI. mee'iv is sometimes
taken together (e. g. by Westermann), as in 23? 59 a>> dpa.
(run/33? 71 10. 06711 e? Kelvqa, and 54 ? 25 el 1ra06'iv TI [40: awe? fln, but
this leaves 'II'PO'IIIP'IJ'I'GL with no construction after it, unless it is
coupled with 1091- e? lfihamev. fiv--Se? fiav : with nine words
intervening, a comprehensive Ace. governing the Gen. of an
Inf. which itself takes an Acc. followed by a relative clause.
For other examples cp. 1 ? 13 (end), 5 ? 5, 6 ? 2 16 TI xpi)
1roreiv auaflouhsiiaal, and il). ? 29.
144. aneis: sc. dicrpdEa/ro. In quest of glory Philip
lost an eye at the siege of Methonc, broke his collar-bone in
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? 170 SECOND OLYNTHIAC II ? ? 15--17
Illyria, and damaged his thigh in Scythia (schol. on 18? 67
q. v. ) Cp. Theopompus (ap. Athen. 435 B), and Diodor. xv 3.
? 16 l. 146. (huho'rlplas: ? 3.
147. Komopevor: rahanrwpozinevoi (Hesych. ), 'harassed';
Prooem. 29 ? 3 lva . . ,unifl' l'm'iv e? voxluii ,u. r']1" elf/. 0. de Kerr-re:
(ib. 37 ? 2).
148. (two Kd-rl>>: 4 ? 41.
149. e? rrt: ? 12. rats Ipyous, 'their work,' especially
industrial or agricultural employments; Thuc. ii 40 ? 1,
Aeschin. 3 ? 8.
150. mi; oi:er Elms, 'their private aflairs' (in general).
Isocr. 3 ? 19 (citizens holding olfice under a democracy) 16v . .
nheio'rov xpiwov e? rrl 'ro'is 16104: ora-rpiflouo'w, Aristot. Pol.
1309" 6 1rpos rois Idiots dual and ib. 8, and 1318" 13 ora-rplfiew
1rpos 'ro'is e? 'p'yols, Rhol. ii 6, 20 oh i7 dia-rpifi'ly e? 1rl rais 're? 'w re? has
aaaprlais. Mpevou: rare in Passive; Thuc. i 142, 3 e? ao'o-
[. LGVOL, Isocr. 4 ? 97 eldfinoav.
151. 80" av wouficrww, ' the little they can produce ' ;
womb of ' producing' corn or wine, [42] ? 20, 31 and Aristoph.
Pan 1322. oiirws--Se? vmv'rm, ' with such difficulty as they
can ' ; 21 ? 140 81m: 66mm, Thuc. ii 52, 3 Li" e? 'mwros e? oziva-ro,
vii 67, 4 oil-rm: (irrws Borax/rat.
152. Smfle? o-eat, 'to dispose of' ; Xen. Anab. vi 6, 37.
nexhelpe? vuw 76v e? pnroplowz the blockade of the Macedonian
ports is mentioned in 19 ? ? 153, 315, and (at a later date)
18 ? 145.
? 17l. 154. 1H3; IXOWI. @LM'lrmp: [11] ? 10 1rd): didxcwrai
we; row <1>lhnr1rom For {xew with Adv. cp. 3 ? 8, 8 ? 73,
9 ? 46, 63, etc.
156. mZe? -raipot, 'body-guards,' ' the King's Own re iment of
infantry,' composed of Macedonians as contrasted wit foreign
mercenaries.
8(67I'01111'6? ($116111 an Ex 1rde niw Maxnicivwv s'rriMKroi oi ne'yw-rol.
xai. iuxvpo'm-rot e? fiopmtopovv rbv Bamhe? a. Kai. e'xaAoiJln-o 1re? e? nupo I. (schol)
'Avafins'v'q; iv a. (#thande irepl 'AAefzivSpov (elder brother of Philip)
Ae'ywv drqo'iv' " Errand. foiz; new ivSoSord'l-oue urrrfliuv o'vvsfioas iraz'pov:
1r oo'rrye? peuo'e, min. - 8% wholly-row; real. for}; 1rr? oi19 is Nixon; Kai. 5emi$ms Kill.
me 5AM" iipxli: Sic/\Zov ncg'eraipovs dve? naaev, 31m; e? kirspol. ps-re? xovrn
1'1]; flan-Mun); irmpiae npoflupe? raroi $iurcMBo'w Burl; " (Harpocr.
) Thirlwall
v 177 f, Grote c- 92 viii 294, ASchaefer ii 36 2.
157. c'u'yxexpo'mpe'vot, 'well-trained,' 'well-drilled'; lit.
'welded into one body. ' 21 ? 17 o'u'prore'iv Kal swam. >> row
xopbv, Thuc. viii 95 'Aflnvaioi Kara Taxes Kai dfu'ykpo'rfi'rou
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? 11 ? 17, 18 SECOND OL 1'1 'THIAC 171
whiypuiaao'w dua'yxaofle? vres xpr'lo'aadai, Xen. Hell. vi 2, 12 e? rrl
o'u'ykexporiyne? vas vaUs GlKfi replrrhefiaai, Polybius i 61 rhnpdi-
para cru'yKeror'qae? va.
158. . 6; . . fixouov: here, as elsewhere, Demosthenes gives
his authority for his facts. Cp. 1 ? 22, 23; 4 ? 9, 8? l4 dis
? amv. It is conjectured (by Blass) that his authority in the
present instance was the historian Theopompus, the future
author of the Philippica. Conversely, it has been suggested
that Theopompus borrowed part of his language from the
present passage of Demosthenes.
159. oiisd-Fo'is olou 're \IIE'I'JSGO'OGI-l 20 ? 23 xop'q'ys'iv olol re,
Prooem. 55 ? 2 ale! 1' e? voxhelv (without sum); 'utterly in-
capable of lying. ' Such a description may readily be applied
in Greek, as in English, to one who, owing to his moral
character, cannot possibly tell a lie. oYou rs, applied to
capability (1 ? 26 all); olol r' (Si/res ? v)\a'. -rrew), is in fact a
stronger term than ol'ou, applied to character (4 ? 9 00x ole? s
fem. . ,ue? vew). Thus 'capable of lying' is a stronger term
than 'likely to lie. '
'1 do not distinguish between a statement made by an official to the
Government and one made to the newspapers. I do not understand that
a man lies when he writes to the newspapers, and that he tells the truth
when he makes an official statement. If he is capable of lying in one
case, he is capable of lying in both' (Mr. Chamberlain in Times for 12th
Aug. 1896 p. of).
160. otSe? w-W . . Beh'rlous: 1 ? 17 06661146. ; ehd'r-rwv, Xen, Veal.
1 ? 1 adder/o: fi'r'rov, [Plato] Ale. 2, 148 C odde? vwv firrov el'lruxeis
elalv dvfipwrroz. For the general sense op. [11] ? 10 (Voemel).
? 18 l. 161. olos ipnrupos: rowiiros ole? s e'o'rw {am--rpm,
18 ? 304 olos 6'70, 19 ? 254 'roz'rs olos oilros dvfipa'nrovs, and (with
Tomii'ros expressed) 21 ? 171, 25 ? ? 39, 4 ; Aristoph. Vcsp. 970
6 6' t-'rcpos ole? s e? o'rw olxoupos ,abvov, P ato Soph. 2370 oi'zp 'ye
e? aol (=roaozirqz old: 76 e? 'ya': ell/. 1) ravrdrraa'w drropov, Aristot. Elli.
ix 3, 4 cl . . dvhp cl'r] olos Kpd-rw-ros. A fuller phrase is found
in Xen. Mom. iv 8 fin. mm 101. 0010: u'mu olos 6. 11 el-q dpmror
dvfip.
162. dye? vwv, 'engagements' (Thuc. ii 89, 5) rather than
'campaigns' (K. ) rot-rows refers back to el 11;, and
denotes a class as in 9 ? 30, 61, Xen. Mem. i 2, 62 e? clv n;
followed by Tod-rots. pe? v resumes the preceding ae? v in
l. 160, as in 8 ? 44. spikoflpla, ' from jealousy. '
164. n. 6, 'again,' introducing a new point, 19 ? 244, 21 ? ?
71, 101.
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? 172 SECOND OLYNTHIAG II ? ? 18, 19
165. duhonptav: Acc. after dvmre? pfiX-m'ov (an Adj. found in
[60] ? 1, Xen. Cg/rop. viii 7, 15, Lycurg. 101). Up. Antiphanes
ap. Ath. 105 F depwrros dvurre? pfihn-ros sis rovnplav.
166. dMavs, 'otherwise,' does not contrast 51mm: with
ad:? pwv, but the moral excellence implied in both with the
military distinction mentioned above.
167. dxpaa-(av, 'incontinence,' 'licentinusness. ' 'roii
Btov : Philip's manner of life.
Theopompus, of Philip, ((1) ap. Athen. 260 B mt canine-roe Kai Kauai-{10v
xai. wivav aiKoAam'av fiwoaivwv, and (1)) ap. Polyb. viii 11 e? xpii'rs'zrmrov . .
npb; yuvaixa; . . innaQfi 5i . . 1rpb; 7&9 dxpi-ro-rrorriag. Op. Thirlwall v 169.
KopSaKw-pofis, 'indecent dances. ' In Theophrastus wept
drrovolas' the ' reckless man ' is 'just the person to dance
the cordaaa, sober and without a mask, in a comic chorus '
(Jebb). Aristoph. Nub. 540.
168. wapee? a'eau gnomic Perf. as Inf. of indirect discourse,
'is always thrust aside ' (Goodwin 1111'. ? 160). iv orifievbs
(neut. ) :Ivcu. pipeu, lit. 'is in the class of nothing,' 'of no
account,'=ofi6e? v Ell/11L (MSS in 21 ? 185); Aeschin. 1? 151 2'1:
elixir ae? pei, and ? 126 ? 11 O'KdJ/L/LETOS ,u. , Dem. 16 ? 19 611 Ka-r-
n'yoplas p. . , 44 ? 50 ? 11 reK/mplov p", 21 ? 166 ? 11 efisp'yealas' ,u. .
137. ois, 'in (or 'by ') which' ; 9 ? 40 01: (Iv ns lo'xfiew 16. :
woken Kplvor.
138. errwdmkwlre? pav, 'more insecure,' sc. rip: MaKedomK'hv
Silva/ml.
142. rein-(o) (To 5697: e? mfiuasiv) igfihwxev, 'has made this
his passion' ; 20 ? 30 1rp6vozav e? roreiro. . 'rfis 1rohrrelas, Kal . .
1repl rodrou . . e? aroddafi'ev. Kai. wpoflp'q-ral. Krk, 'has
deliberately chosen to suffer whatever may befall him, during
a life of action and adventure. ' For Inf. after rpoarpefaliar
cp. 3 ? 21, 4 ? 49.
This is better than taking Toii-r' e'fiwaev mi. wpofipn'ral. together, and
making rein-o refer to the subsequent "11061,, as though Philip's ambition
was 'to suffer everything. ' The punctuation adopted in the text (comma.
after E? 'Moxev and not after e? mflvnei) is supported by Rudiger in Philologus
18 (18627), 722 against Holzinger and Westermann'i.
143. av o'upfifi fl: 8 ? 41, 20? 50, 21 ? 112. wadeiv:
euphemistic for d1ro0avsi'u. dv @4435 TI. mee'iv is sometimes
taken together (e. g. by Westermann), as in 23? 59 a>> dpa.
(run/33? 71 10. 06711 e? Kelvqa, and 54 ? 25 el 1ra06'iv TI [40: awe? fln, but
this leaves 'II'PO'IIIP'IJ'I'GL with no construction after it, unless it is
coupled with 1091- e? lfihamev. fiv--Se? fiav : with nine words
intervening, a comprehensive Ace. governing the Gen. of an
Inf. which itself takes an Acc. followed by a relative clause.
For other examples cp. 1 ? 13 (end), 5 ? 5, 6 ? 2 16 TI xpi)
1roreiv auaflouhsiiaal, and il). ? 29.
144. aneis: sc. dicrpdEa/ro. In quest of glory Philip
lost an eye at the siege of Methonc, broke his collar-bone in
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? 170 SECOND OLYNTHIAC II ? ? 15--17
Illyria, and damaged his thigh in Scythia (schol. on 18? 67
q. v. ) Cp. Theopompus (ap. Athen. 435 B), and Diodor. xv 3.
? 16 l. 146. (huho'rlplas: ? 3.
147. Komopevor: rahanrwpozinevoi (Hesych. ), 'harassed';
Prooem. 29 ? 3 lva . . ,unifl' l'm'iv e? voxluii ,u. r']1" elf/. 0. de Kerr-re:
(ib. 37 ? 2).
148. (two Kd-rl>>: 4 ? 41.
149. e? rrt: ? 12. rats Ipyous, 'their work,' especially
industrial or agricultural employments; Thuc. ii 40 ? 1,
Aeschin. 3 ? 8.
150. mi; oi:er Elms, 'their private aflairs' (in general).
Isocr. 3 ? 19 (citizens holding olfice under a democracy) 16v . .
nheio'rov xpiwov e? rrl 'ro'is 16104: ora-rpiflouo'w, Aristot. Pol.
1309" 6 1rpos rois Idiots dual and ib. 8, and 1318" 13 ora-rplfiew
1rpos 'ro'is e? 'p'yols, Rhol. ii 6, 20 oh i7 dia-rpifi'ly e? 1rl rais 're? 'w re? has
aaaprlais. Mpevou: rare in Passive; Thuc. i 142, 3 e? ao'o-
[. LGVOL, Isocr. 4 ? 97 eldfinoav.
151. 80" av wouficrww, ' the little they can produce ' ;
womb of ' producing' corn or wine, [42] ? 20, 31 and Aristoph.
Pan 1322. oiirws--Se? vmv'rm, ' with such difficulty as they
can ' ; 21 ? 140 81m: 66mm, Thuc. ii 52, 3 Li" e? 'mwros e? oziva-ro,
vii 67, 4 oil-rm: (irrws Borax/rat.
152. Smfle? o-eat, 'to dispose of' ; Xen. Anab. vi 6, 37.
nexhelpe? vuw 76v e? pnroplowz the blockade of the Macedonian
ports is mentioned in 19 ? ? 153, 315, and (at a later date)
18 ? 145.
? 17l. 154. 1H3; IXOWI. @LM'lrmp: [11] ? 10 1rd): didxcwrai
we; row <1>lhnr1rom For {xew with Adv. cp. 3 ? 8, 8 ? 73,
9 ? 46, 63, etc.
156. mZe? -raipot, 'body-guards,' ' the King's Own re iment of
infantry,' composed of Macedonians as contrasted wit foreign
mercenaries.
8(67I'01111'6? ($116111 an Ex 1rde niw Maxnicivwv s'rriMKroi oi ne'yw-rol.
xai. iuxvpo'm-rot e? fiopmtopovv rbv Bamhe? a. Kai. e'xaAoiJln-o 1re? e? nupo I. (schol)
'Avafins'v'q; iv a. (#thande irepl 'AAefzivSpov (elder brother of Philip)
Ae'ywv drqo'iv' " Errand. foiz; new ivSoSord'l-oue urrrfliuv o'vvsfioas iraz'pov:
1r oo'rrye? peuo'e, min. - 8% wholly-row; real. for}; 1rr? oi19 is Nixon; Kai. 5emi$ms Kill.
me 5AM" iipxli: Sic/\Zov ncg'eraipovs dve? naaev, 31m; e? kirspol. ps-re? xovrn
1'1]; flan-Mun); irmpiae npoflupe? raroi $iurcMBo'w Burl; " (Harpocr.
) Thirlwall
v 177 f, Grote c- 92 viii 294, ASchaefer ii 36 2.
157. c'u'yxexpo'mpe'vot, 'well-trained,' 'well-drilled'; lit.
'welded into one body. ' 21 ? 17 o'u'prore'iv Kal swam. >> row
xopbv, Thuc. viii 95 'Aflnvaioi Kara Taxes Kai dfu'ykpo'rfi'rou
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? 11 ? 17, 18 SECOND OL 1'1 'THIAC 171
whiypuiaao'w dua'yxaofle? vres xpr'lo'aadai, Xen. Hell. vi 2, 12 e? rrl
o'u'ykexporiyne? vas vaUs GlKfi replrrhefiaai, Polybius i 61 rhnpdi-
para cru'yKeror'qae? va.
158. . 6; . . fixouov: here, as elsewhere, Demosthenes gives
his authority for his facts. Cp. 1 ? 22, 23; 4 ? 9, 8? l4 dis
? amv. It is conjectured (by Blass) that his authority in the
present instance was the historian Theopompus, the future
author of the Philippica. Conversely, it has been suggested
that Theopompus borrowed part of his language from the
present passage of Demosthenes.
159. oiisd-Fo'is olou 're \IIE'I'JSGO'OGI-l 20 ? 23 xop'q'ys'iv olol re,
Prooem. 55 ? 2 ale! 1' e? voxhelv (without sum); 'utterly in-
capable of lying. ' Such a description may readily be applied
in Greek, as in English, to one who, owing to his moral
character, cannot possibly tell a lie. oYou rs, applied to
capability (1 ? 26 all); olol r' (Si/res ? v)\a'. -rrew), is in fact a
stronger term than ol'ou, applied to character (4 ? 9 00x ole? s
fem. . ,ue? vew). Thus 'capable of lying' is a stronger term
than 'likely to lie. '
'1 do not distinguish between a statement made by an official to the
Government and one made to the newspapers. I do not understand that
a man lies when he writes to the newspapers, and that he tells the truth
when he makes an official statement. If he is capable of lying in one
case, he is capable of lying in both' (Mr. Chamberlain in Times for 12th
Aug. 1896 p. of).
160. otSe? w-W . . Beh'rlous: 1 ? 17 06661146. ; ehd'r-rwv, Xen, Veal.
1 ? 1 adder/o: fi'r'rov, [Plato] Ale. 2, 148 C odde? vwv firrov el'lruxeis
elalv dvfipwrroz. For the general sense op. [11] ? 10 (Voemel).
? 18 l. 161. olos ipnrupos: rowiiros ole? s e'o'rw {am--rpm,
18 ? 304 olos 6'70, 19 ? 254 'roz'rs olos oilros dvfipa'nrovs, and (with
Tomii'ros expressed) 21 ? 171, 25 ? ? 39, 4 ; Aristoph. Vcsp. 970
6 6' t-'rcpos ole? s e? o'rw olxoupos ,abvov, P ato Soph. 2370 oi'zp 'ye
e? aol (=roaozirqz old: 76 e? 'ya': ell/. 1) ravrdrraa'w drropov, Aristot. Elli.
ix 3, 4 cl . . dvhp cl'r] olos Kpd-rw-ros. A fuller phrase is found
in Xen. Mom. iv 8 fin. mm 101. 0010: u'mu olos 6. 11 el-q dpmror
dvfip.
162. dye? vwv, 'engagements' (Thuc. ii 89, 5) rather than
'campaigns' (K. ) rot-rows refers back to el 11;, and
denotes a class as in 9 ? 30, 61, Xen. Mem. i 2, 62 e? clv n;
followed by Tod-rots. pe? v resumes the preceding ae? v in
l. 160, as in 8 ? 44. spikoflpla, ' from jealousy. '
164. n. 6, 'again,' introducing a new point, 19 ? 244, 21 ? ?
71, 101.
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? 172 SECOND OLYNTHIAG II ? ? 18, 19
165. duhonptav: Acc. after dvmre? pfiX-m'ov (an Adj. found in
[60] ? 1, Xen. Cg/rop. viii 7, 15, Lycurg. 101). Up. Antiphanes
ap. Ath. 105 F depwrros dvurre? pfihn-ros sis rovnplav.
166. dMavs, 'otherwise,' does not contrast 51mm: with
ad:? pwv, but the moral excellence implied in both with the
military distinction mentioned above.
167. dxpaa-(av, 'incontinence,' 'licentinusness. ' 'roii
Btov : Philip's manner of life.
Theopompus, of Philip, ((1) ap. Athen. 260 B mt canine-roe Kai Kauai-{10v
xai. wivav aiKoAam'av fiwoaivwv, and (1)) ap. Polyb. viii 11 e? xpii'rs'zrmrov . .
npb; yuvaixa; . . innaQfi 5i . . 1rpb; 7&9 dxpi-ro-rrorriag. Op. Thirlwall v 169.
KopSaKw-pofis, 'indecent dances. ' In Theophrastus wept
drrovolas' the ' reckless man ' is 'just the person to dance
the cordaaa, sober and without a mask, in a comic chorus '
(Jebb). Aristoph. Nub. 540.
168. wapee? a'eau gnomic Perf. as Inf. of indirect discourse,
'is always thrust aside ' (Goodwin 1111'. ? 160). iv orifievbs
(neut. ) :Ivcu. pipeu, lit. 'is in the class of nothing,' 'of no
account,'=ofi6e? v Ell/11L (MSS in 21 ? 185); Aeschin. 1? 151 2'1:
elixir ae? pei, and ? 126 ? 11 O'KdJ/L/LETOS ,u. , Dem. 16 ? 19 611 Ka-r-
n'yoplas p. . , 44 ? 50 ? 11 reK/mplov p", 21 ? 166 ? 11 efisp'yealas' ,u. .
