The allies referred to are mainly the islanders of
the Northern Aegean.
the Northern Aegean.
Demosthenese - First Philippic and the Olynthiacs
Op.
[50] ?
23 {e?
pq e?
-rous, towards
the end of summer, 'just before the setting of the Pleiades,' 8
? 18 n'yv e? moiio'av 6410. 11 100 5101):. For the Ace. (:Ka0' Ibpav)
cp. Eur. Baeeh. 724, Herod. vii 50 86pm: T06 e? -reos Kahhlo'mv,
Dem. 9 ? 48 19711 cbpalail ar'rrrjv, 21 ? 11 71'711 e? op'r'hv.
281. 1rpes 'rfi 'yfi yeve? c-OM, 'to put ashore,' or (like 1rp6s in
ll. 282-3) 'come close to the shore,' Thuc. i 62, 3.
282. wpbs airrfi ff] xe? pq--fiQSMos Erma, 'it will easily
hold a position ofl" the country itself, and close to the entrances
of the sca-ports. ' Ad te'r'ram appellit (par'va illa elassis), ut
milites egresse' e nam'bus praedentur (Ma-raich dra'ylm ? 23);
circa emporiorum 'iMroit'us versatur, ne nurses 'i'mpm'lentuT new
caportentu'r, 18 ? 145 (Sauppe). Cp. 2 ? 16.
? 33 l. 285. d--xpfic'e'rm : so. 6 706mm Ke? pws, ' how and when
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? IV ? 33 FIRST PHILIPPIC' 105
to employ the force, the commander . . will determine,' 3 ? 19
end. The relative 6t and the interrogative 1n'rre are here com-
bined. 8. : cogn. Acc. , 3 ? 6 n' Xp'qaopefia. ,-
286. napa m Kanpdv, 'at the right time,' 'as occasion
requires'; 20 ? ? 41, 44, 159; 18 ? 13, Ep. 1 ? 12 71161111: Tb>>
e? xda'rou mupr TGW e? ? eomK6rrwv a'rpa'rn'yc'bv e? 'p'yov ? 61111, 9 ? 38.
Karma-rds {:49 inn-15v, 'appointed by you,' 2 ? 9 i'nr'
et'wolas dua'Tfi.
288. ye? ypaw, 'havc drawn up in writing,' 'have drafted,'
in the form of a ibvi? w,ua.
290. o'rpandwas . . 'rptfipets . . innre? as : ? 40 'rpnipels (WM-ms
Z1r'rre? as.
291. Ev'rehfi (1. 257): in fact, 'the whole force in all its
completeness'; Sfivapw being in apposition to the previous
Accusatives, and @7607 agreeing with it as a proleptie epithet.
292. v6|up Kamxhetu'qfle), ' bind (or ' compel ') them by law,'
Andoc. 3? 7 dvnve? 'yxayev xlhw. 'rdhawa. els T-ipv deoqrohw Kal
vbmp Karsxheia'a/ch e'Ealpe-ra. Elva; 'qu Wimp, Antiphanes ap.
Ath. 343A {an 61'7 I 116an Karaxhe'iual. 101710 (with luf. ), Dem.
23? 87 Ka-re? lchew'ev {510v 1rpi-ypa. 51/1]? lo'/I. an. Here the object
has to be supplied from Silvery-w. (Sauppe and Voemel make
e? vrehfi agree with rdMa, and regard wfiaav 'n'yv (him/m as the
object of KGTGK)\? IO'7]T6. )
293. wiw xp'qu'raw m'rrol. mptm Kai. ample-mt, 'your own
paymasters and commissaries' (K. )
The most important class of -ru. p. ? u. |. were those known as oi. Tapim.
115v Zepiiw xpvmei-rwv r5; 'AOnvaias Kai 'an iAMw 064:)! ! - Besides these, ' every
official through whose hands large sums of money passed during his year
of office, had his Till-Lids or treasurer' (Gilbert Gk. Const. Ant. i 269 f, 278')
=24l-3, 250 Engl. ed. )
The roped-rat, or 'commissioners of ways and means,' were probably
appointed from time to time for the purpose of raising extraordinary
supplies (1. 0. 2952=265); dip"? n; 'AOrjvncnv, fin: 1ro'pou; e'fi-ret (Bekker
Amwd. ) Antiphon (6 ? 49) classes them with rwhymi and npdx'ro es.
The term is metaphorivally used in Thuc. viii 48, 5 1m); "Aon ltd-ya. oils
. . nopLo-ni; Bin-a; Kai e? irqy-qrds 16w xamiw In; 8 'nqa. It is uncertain whether
there were any such officials in the time of emosthenes (Boeekh Publ.
Econ. bk. ii c. 6 vol. i3 203). They are not mentioned in Aristotle's Const.
of Athens.
The Athenians are here urged to become their own mpiir-rai by voting
the necessary supplies (? 25), and to be their own natal also, instead of
expecting the military authorities to find means for carrying on the war.
In 8 ? 47 the metaphor is dropped, and they are urged more directly
to provide 'maintenance for the army, and pnymasters and subordinate
commissioners' (Tania: Kat (Swan-ions).
294. -ru'w 8E npdfimv--Zq-rofiv-res, 'while you demand from
your general an account for the operations (of war). ' til-row";
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? 106 FIRST PHILIPPIG IV ? ? 33, 34
g--m-'fl-L>> V is . M '7'
is a less technical term than drawoOv-res, and Tim hdyov than 1&9
669151105, 8 ? 75 11'>> new e? 'p'ya 1ra. p' blufiv afi-rdiu hy-re'i-re, 14 ? 37
Ta (Fixam i'nre? p 115v dhhwv 'Ehhfivwi/ {mafia The sense is different
in 19 ? 109 6'76: 8' e? xetvous 1m): he? -yovs e? fi'v'rrouv (not demanding,
but looking for, expecting, this language) 1rapd. 10151011.
296. TI'GPl- 16v min-61v Bouhwtipavm: ? 1. 1rMov oi'isev
woioivres, 'withont effecting anything. ' Andoc. 1 ? 149, [4]
? 7, Plato Phaedo 115 0.
? 341. 298. ixetvov: Philip.
299. 6. 11% HEW finere? pmv--a-uppe? xwv, 'it is from the resources
of your own allies that he maintains war against you'; ? 29
(in! ) rail nohe? uov, 1 ? 22 6. 16 Toil'rwv, 3 ? 34 d1") 76311 0. 15169
Mimi-mu.
The allies referred to are mainly the islanders of
the Northern Aegean.
300. (how Kill Mpaw ink: with personal object; 'by his
piracies on their navigation ' (K. ), lit. ' harassing and plundering,
etc. ' ; 9 ? 52, 18 ? 230, 23 ? 61. Cp. ferre et agcre. revs
nhe? ov-rus -r-i|v Oe? ku-r-rav : i. e. 'their traders ' ; [33] ? 5 5rd. 16 dual '
,uoi. his diarpific'zs 1repl Ta e? iure? pzov 'vapiliws 5x0: 10? ; nhela'rozs
1G" whee? v-rwv Thu 0dha1'1av, Lys. 6 ? 16 vavxhnplq. ? 1rl0e? /chos
Thu Odha'rfav Erhei.
302. 'roi'i Te? -O'XGW--YGV fl'eo'ee='yev1';o'eo'0? c. 6102 {file 106 Kaxivs
wdaxeiv. Kaxe? s is isplaced to prevent hiatus between
m'rrot and lie>>, and to secure greater emphasis. lgw, ' out
of the reach of ' (e? 'Ew BeMTw Xen. Oyr. iii 3, 69), or 'clear of '
(rm/. 6. er 55w Aesch. PV. 263). oi'ix e? io-mp K'rk. : elliptical
for 017K olxfiae'rat e? 'xwv (bmrep (fixer wav, 0135' e? KMieL 065'
dwofifiaercu, (banep e? fe? hefie Ira. ) dre? fin. 'He will not (do) as in
time past, when . . ' We have to understand after mix a verb
corresponding to that expressed after 650'1rcp. 21 ? 218 066'
d'ro'1rep 'prro? 65v . . e? 'hva'e 'r'llv rpofiolvhv . . Kpivsrai, Proocm.
p. 1445, 7, Plato Symp. 179 E 0le (e? Tl/maav) L'ba'rep 'Axrkhe? a
e? Ttfl/YID'GII, Gorg. 522 A.
303. at; Afipvov Kai "Ipfipov e? pfiaku'w : even before Philip's
first expedition against the Chersonesus (spring of 353)
fiywvlg'efo . . #517 rap) Afliwov Kal 'I/. L,8pov Kal qupou (Aeschin.
2 ? 72). In [59] ? 3, shortly before the expedition to Euboea
(350 or 348 8. 0. ), Athens is described as in danger of losing
Lemnos, Imbros, Scyros, and the Chersonesus. AScheefer Dem.
ii 29".
304. noM'ms: settled in those islands as KA-qpoi'rxoi.
"These islands formed stepping'stones in the line of communication
which lell from Athens to her possessions in the Ghersonese, and secured
to her the trade of the Black Sea . . The coins of Imbros bear the familiar
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? lV ? 34 FIRST PHILIPPIG 107
Athenian emblems; and . . the ancient inscriptions . . in a majority of
cases bear the names of Athenian citizens, together with that of the demo
of Attica to whiCh they belonged ' (Tozer's Islands ofthe Aegean pp. 237 f).
Cp. Boeckh Pabl. Econ. bk. iii 0. 18 vol. i3 505, and Gilbert Gk. Coast. Ant.
p. 450 Engl. ed.
305. I'epaw'rq'i: the southern promontory of Euboea. T6.
whom: vessels laden with corn, lying at anchor on their way
to Athens.
306. dpfien'ra--e? ge? hege, 'levied an incalculablc sum. ' Thuc.
viii 44, 4 has xpnaa-ro. . . e'Ee? hefav, but 64119017709 is not found
earlier than Dem. The only other passage where he uses it is
21 ? 17 Kami. Kai rpd'yaar' dawn-re. els Mupa66v(o. ):
Proacm. 21 ? 2 nle' els Mapa0? wa Tptnpezs al hya-rpldes 1rpoa'-
e? crxov.
307. dare? fir] Kai: instead of the Participle drofids (cor-
responding to e? nfiahdw and auMaBdiv) the Indicative is used,
because the fact is startling enough to deserve an independent
clause. 'r1'|v i. epdv . . 'rpufipn: he? 'yoL 6m rhv Hdpahov, dis
aumdci'i/ {any 5:: 11 1'06 @Lhoxbpov Kal e? K 1"? )9 'Avdpwlwvos (Malta!
5" (Harpocration). The Hdpahos (like the Zahamvla) was only
used for state purposes, including festal occasions such as the
despatch of the Oewpla to Delos (cp. Plato Phaedo p. 58). It
is called the [spa 'rpinp-rls in 21 ? 174. Early in May the sacred
trireme touched at Marathon, where a sacrifice was offered at
the 'Delian sanctuary' of Apollo before the trii'eme left for
Delos. Philochorus in schol. on Soph. 00'. 1047 el 6% sis
Afiholl (inroa're? hhorro i) Gewpla . . 0155: 6 [minus els 16 6'11 Mapade? iw.
Annoy. The event described in the text was evidently recent
(16. Tsheu-raia), i. e. not later than 352 B. 0. , possibly as early as
353 (see note on 1. 303). ASchaefer Dem. ii 292 note 1,
Boeckh Seewesen pp. 76 f.
The orator's instances of Philip's encroachments are remarkable (l) for
their admirable selection :--Philip has with impunity robbed Athenians (at
Lemnos and Imbros) of their freedom; of their supplies, by capturing
the corn-ships; of their honour, by carrying off the sacred trireme; (2)
for the order in which they are stated :--he has robbed them first at the
distant island of Lemnos, next off the southern promontory of Euboea,
and lastly at Marathon, on the very coast of Attica; with increasing
anxiety and excitement, the listener feels that the next step must bring
Philip to Athens itself. ' Lastly, he landed at Marathon. ' The slightest
stress on that historic name would at once recall a similar landing when a
far different doom awaited the invader. Like a flash of lightning this last
instance would reveal to the Athenians the preci ice on the brink of which
they were standing, would reuse them to a vivir apprehension of the im-
mediate crisis, and would prompt them to give effect to the orator's
demand (Rehdantz). The effect is still further enhanced by the striking
rhythm of the closing sentence, in which two anapaestic lines, suggestive
of measured advance, are followed by a swift dactylic and trochaic move-
ment :--
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? 108 FIRST PHILIPPIG IV ? 34, 35
1a T? I\? u'ra. l" sis MupaBEw' 6. 11631; Till, at the last, he landed at Marathon,
KU-l rhv ispdv Eur-b m; xre? pa; And, there seizing the sacred trireme,
@Xer' e? 'xwv rpwjpn. Carried it oflfrom the country.
308. {upsis--Sl'ivwfie len'nw x-rh. , 'while you are even now
unable to prevent these things, nor can you send succours by
the appointed time ' (2 ? 20 oi'm sls' ,uaxpdv, and 8 ? 18).
the end of summer, 'just before the setting of the Pleiades,' 8
? 18 n'yv e? moiio'av 6410. 11 100 5101):. For the Ace. (:Ka0' Ibpav)
cp. Eur. Baeeh. 724, Herod. vii 50 86pm: T06 e? -reos Kahhlo'mv,
Dem. 9 ? 48 19711 cbpalail ar'rrrjv, 21 ? 11 71'711 e? op'r'hv.
281. 1rpes 'rfi 'yfi yeve? c-OM, 'to put ashore,' or (like 1rp6s in
ll. 282-3) 'come close to the shore,' Thuc. i 62, 3.
282. wpbs airrfi ff] xe? pq--fiQSMos Erma, 'it will easily
hold a position ofl" the country itself, and close to the entrances
of the sca-ports. ' Ad te'r'ram appellit (par'va illa elassis), ut
milites egresse' e nam'bus praedentur (Ma-raich dra'ylm ? 23);
circa emporiorum 'iMroit'us versatur, ne nurses 'i'mpm'lentuT new
caportentu'r, 18 ? 145 (Sauppe). Cp. 2 ? 16.
? 33 l. 285. d--xpfic'e'rm : so. 6 706mm Ke? pws, ' how and when
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? IV ? 33 FIRST PHILIPPIC' 105
to employ the force, the commander . . will determine,' 3 ? 19
end. The relative 6t and the interrogative 1n'rre are here com-
bined. 8. : cogn. Acc. , 3 ? 6 n' Xp'qaopefia. ,-
286. napa m Kanpdv, 'at the right time,' 'as occasion
requires'; 20 ? ? 41, 44, 159; 18 ? 13, Ep. 1 ? 12 71161111: Tb>>
e? xda'rou mupr TGW e? ? eomK6rrwv a'rpa'rn'yc'bv e? 'p'yov ? 61111, 9 ? 38.
Karma-rds {:49 inn-15v, 'appointed by you,' 2 ? 9 i'nr'
et'wolas dua'Tfi.
288. ye? ypaw, 'havc drawn up in writing,' 'have drafted,'
in the form of a ibvi? w,ua.
290. o'rpandwas . . 'rptfipets . . innre? as : ? 40 'rpnipels (WM-ms
Z1r'rre? as.
291. Ev'rehfi (1. 257): in fact, 'the whole force in all its
completeness'; Sfivapw being in apposition to the previous
Accusatives, and @7607 agreeing with it as a proleptie epithet.
292. v6|up Kamxhetu'qfle), ' bind (or ' compel ') them by law,'
Andoc. 3? 7 dvnve? 'yxayev xlhw. 'rdhawa. els T-ipv deoqrohw Kal
vbmp Karsxheia'a/ch e'Ealpe-ra. Elva; 'qu Wimp, Antiphanes ap.
Ath. 343A {an 61'7 I 116an Karaxhe'iual. 101710 (with luf. ), Dem.
23? 87 Ka-re? lchew'ev {510v 1rpi-ypa. 51/1]? lo'/I. an. Here the object
has to be supplied from Silvery-w. (Sauppe and Voemel make
e? vrehfi agree with rdMa, and regard wfiaav 'n'yv (him/m as the
object of KGTGK)\? IO'7]T6. )
293. wiw xp'qu'raw m'rrol. mptm Kai. ample-mt, 'your own
paymasters and commissaries' (K. )
The most important class of -ru. p. ? u. |. were those known as oi. Tapim.
115v Zepiiw xpvmei-rwv r5; 'AOnvaias Kai 'an iAMw 064:)! ! - Besides these, ' every
official through whose hands large sums of money passed during his year
of office, had his Till-Lids or treasurer' (Gilbert Gk. Const. Ant. i 269 f, 278')
=24l-3, 250 Engl. ed. )
The roped-rat, or 'commissioners of ways and means,' were probably
appointed from time to time for the purpose of raising extraordinary
supplies (1. 0. 2952=265); dip"? n; 'AOrjvncnv, fin: 1ro'pou; e'fi-ret (Bekker
Amwd. ) Antiphon (6 ? 49) classes them with rwhymi and npdx'ro es.
The term is metaphorivally used in Thuc. viii 48, 5 1m); "Aon ltd-ya. oils
. . nopLo-ni; Bin-a; Kai e? irqy-qrds 16w xamiw In; 8 'nqa. It is uncertain whether
there were any such officials in the time of emosthenes (Boeekh Publ.
Econ. bk. ii c. 6 vol. i3 203). They are not mentioned in Aristotle's Const.
of Athens.
The Athenians are here urged to become their own mpiir-rai by voting
the necessary supplies (? 25), and to be their own natal also, instead of
expecting the military authorities to find means for carrying on the war.
In 8 ? 47 the metaphor is dropped, and they are urged more directly
to provide 'maintenance for the army, and pnymasters and subordinate
commissioners' (Tania: Kat (Swan-ions).
294. -ru'w 8E npdfimv--Zq-rofiv-res, 'while you demand from
your general an account for the operations (of war). ' til-row";
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? 106 FIRST PHILIPPIG IV ? ? 33, 34
g--m-'fl-L>> V is . M '7'
is a less technical term than drawoOv-res, and Tim hdyov than 1&9
669151105, 8 ? 75 11'>> new e? 'p'ya 1ra. p' blufiv afi-rdiu hy-re'i-re, 14 ? 37
Ta (Fixam i'nre? p 115v dhhwv 'Ehhfivwi/ {mafia The sense is different
in 19 ? 109 6'76: 8' e? xetvous 1m): he? -yovs e? fi'v'rrouv (not demanding,
but looking for, expecting, this language) 1rapd. 10151011.
296. TI'GPl- 16v min-61v Bouhwtipavm: ? 1. 1rMov oi'isev
woioivres, 'withont effecting anything. ' Andoc. 1 ? 149, [4]
? 7, Plato Phaedo 115 0.
? 341. 298. ixetvov: Philip.
299. 6. 11% HEW finere? pmv--a-uppe? xwv, 'it is from the resources
of your own allies that he maintains war against you'; ? 29
(in! ) rail nohe? uov, 1 ? 22 6. 16 Toil'rwv, 3 ? 34 d1") 76311 0. 15169
Mimi-mu.
The allies referred to are mainly the islanders of
the Northern Aegean.
300. (how Kill Mpaw ink: with personal object; 'by his
piracies on their navigation ' (K. ), lit. ' harassing and plundering,
etc. ' ; 9 ? 52, 18 ? 230, 23 ? 61. Cp. ferre et agcre. revs
nhe? ov-rus -r-i|v Oe? ku-r-rav : i. e. 'their traders ' ; [33] ? 5 5rd. 16 dual '
,uoi. his diarpific'zs 1repl Ta e? iure? pzov 'vapiliws 5x0: 10? ; nhela'rozs
1G" whee? v-rwv Thu 0dha1'1av, Lys. 6 ? 16 vavxhnplq. ? 1rl0e? /chos
Thu Odha'rfav Erhei.
302. 'roi'i Te? -O'XGW--YGV fl'eo'ee='yev1';o'eo'0? c. 6102 {file 106 Kaxivs
wdaxeiv. Kaxe? s is isplaced to prevent hiatus between
m'rrot and lie>>, and to secure greater emphasis. lgw, ' out
of the reach of ' (e? 'Ew BeMTw Xen. Oyr. iii 3, 69), or 'clear of '
(rm/. 6. er 55w Aesch. PV. 263). oi'ix e? io-mp K'rk. : elliptical
for 017K olxfiae'rat e? 'xwv (bmrep (fixer wav, 0135' e? KMieL 065'
dwofifiaercu, (banep e? fe? hefie Ira. ) dre? fin. 'He will not (do) as in
time past, when . . ' We have to understand after mix a verb
corresponding to that expressed after 650'1rcp. 21 ? 218 066'
d'ro'1rep 'prro? 65v . . e? 'hva'e 'r'llv rpofiolvhv . . Kpivsrai, Proocm.
p. 1445, 7, Plato Symp. 179 E 0le (e? Tl/maav) L'ba'rep 'Axrkhe? a
e? Ttfl/YID'GII, Gorg. 522 A.
303. at; Afipvov Kai "Ipfipov e? pfiaku'w : even before Philip's
first expedition against the Chersonesus (spring of 353)
fiywvlg'efo . . #517 rap) Afliwov Kal 'I/. L,8pov Kal qupou (Aeschin.
2 ? 72). In [59] ? 3, shortly before the expedition to Euboea
(350 or 348 8. 0. ), Athens is described as in danger of losing
Lemnos, Imbros, Scyros, and the Chersonesus. AScheefer Dem.
ii 29".
304. noM'ms: settled in those islands as KA-qpoi'rxoi.
"These islands formed stepping'stones in the line of communication
which lell from Athens to her possessions in the Ghersonese, and secured
to her the trade of the Black Sea . . The coins of Imbros bear the familiar
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? lV ? 34 FIRST PHILIPPIG 107
Athenian emblems; and . . the ancient inscriptions . . in a majority of
cases bear the names of Athenian citizens, together with that of the demo
of Attica to whiCh they belonged ' (Tozer's Islands ofthe Aegean pp. 237 f).
Cp. Boeckh Pabl. Econ. bk. iii 0. 18 vol. i3 505, and Gilbert Gk. Coast. Ant.
p. 450 Engl. ed.
305. I'epaw'rq'i: the southern promontory of Euboea. T6.
whom: vessels laden with corn, lying at anchor on their way
to Athens.
306. dpfien'ra--e? ge? hege, 'levied an incalculablc sum. ' Thuc.
viii 44, 4 has xpnaa-ro. . . e'Ee? hefav, but 64119017709 is not found
earlier than Dem. The only other passage where he uses it is
21 ? 17 Kami. Kai rpd'yaar' dawn-re. els Mupa66v(o. ):
Proacm. 21 ? 2 nle' els Mapa0? wa Tptnpezs al hya-rpldes 1rpoa'-
e? crxov.
307. dare? fir] Kai: instead of the Participle drofids (cor-
responding to e? nfiahdw and auMaBdiv) the Indicative is used,
because the fact is startling enough to deserve an independent
clause. 'r1'|v i. epdv . . 'rpufipn: he? 'yoL 6m rhv Hdpahov, dis
aumdci'i/ {any 5:: 11 1'06 @Lhoxbpov Kal e? K 1"? )9 'Avdpwlwvos (Malta!
5" (Harpocration). The Hdpahos (like the Zahamvla) was only
used for state purposes, including festal occasions such as the
despatch of the Oewpla to Delos (cp. Plato Phaedo p. 58). It
is called the [spa 'rpinp-rls in 21 ? 174. Early in May the sacred
trireme touched at Marathon, where a sacrifice was offered at
the 'Delian sanctuary' of Apollo before the trii'eme left for
Delos. Philochorus in schol. on Soph. 00'. 1047 el 6% sis
Afiholl (inroa're? hhorro i) Gewpla . . 0155: 6 [minus els 16 6'11 Mapade? iw.
Annoy. The event described in the text was evidently recent
(16. Tsheu-raia), i. e. not later than 352 B. 0. , possibly as early as
353 (see note on 1. 303). ASchaefer Dem. ii 292 note 1,
Boeckh Seewesen pp. 76 f.
The orator's instances of Philip's encroachments are remarkable (l) for
their admirable selection :--Philip has with impunity robbed Athenians (at
Lemnos and Imbros) of their freedom; of their supplies, by capturing
the corn-ships; of their honour, by carrying off the sacred trireme; (2)
for the order in which they are stated :--he has robbed them first at the
distant island of Lemnos, next off the southern promontory of Euboea,
and lastly at Marathon, on the very coast of Attica; with increasing
anxiety and excitement, the listener feels that the next step must bring
Philip to Athens itself. ' Lastly, he landed at Marathon. ' The slightest
stress on that historic name would at once recall a similar landing when a
far different doom awaited the invader. Like a flash of lightning this last
instance would reveal to the Athenians the preci ice on the brink of which
they were standing, would reuse them to a vivir apprehension of the im-
mediate crisis, and would prompt them to give effect to the orator's
demand (Rehdantz). The effect is still further enhanced by the striking
rhythm of the closing sentence, in which two anapaestic lines, suggestive
of measured advance, are followed by a swift dactylic and trochaic move-
ment :--
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? 108 FIRST PHILIPPIG IV ? 34, 35
1a T? I\? u'ra. l" sis MupaBEw' 6. 11631; Till, at the last, he landed at Marathon,
KU-l rhv ispdv Eur-b m; xre? pa; And, there seizing the sacred trireme,
@Xer' e? 'xwv rpwjpn. Carried it oflfrom the country.
308. {upsis--Sl'ivwfie len'nw x-rh. , 'while you are even now
unable to prevent these things, nor can you send succours by
the appointed time ' (2 ? 20 oi'm sls' ,uaxpdv, and 8 ? 18).
