11 13 SECOND
OLYNTHIAC
167'
'remonstrate'; cp.
'remonstrate'; cp.
Demosthenese - First Philippic and the Olynthiacs
?
38, 64, 84 an Talirais rais e?
lnrlzn, 19 ?
51, 87, 121 e?
irl
mi: 1rap' 6nd>>: e? lwrlo'w. av 'n'ax'n, 'maybe' (K. ), sc. dv0ofiv-ra.
e? 'n'l. raj-g Dario-w 6M" 01'": e'rri. mi: 5 re, 'ils fleurissent, ils sont
exalte? s, parce qu'on s'attend a un avenir rillant' (Weil); '. . Bliihen
orst herrlieh in der Erwartung, Meinung der Menschen, d. h. erregen erst
gauzende Erwartungen' (EMiiller); '. . Entwickelu wohl eine rasehe
liithe auf die Erwartungen hin, die sie erregen . . Eine Macht steigt
oft schnell, wenn sie grosse Erwartungen erregt; denn diese tragen selbst
dazu bei sie zu heben und zu verstarken, Weil eine solche Macht leicht
Bundesgenossen flndet, die sich ihr anschliessen' (Helm Comm. in honor-em
Mommseni p. 696; similarly Franks). This interpretation seems better than
Rudiger's ' ita at (non e0 qaod) spem eam'tent. '
Shakespeare Henry VIII Act iii Sc. 2, 852 This is the state of man : to-dm/
he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes; lemme blossoms, And bears his
blushing honours thick upon him.
96. ? 0Paffllq with its three long syllables, appropriately
expresses the slowness of the defection ; while the double
dactyl in Kai. wcpl ail-rd. Kamppci suits the rapidity of the fall.
<Dupin> Essais ear De'm. cl son eloquence p. 42, quoted by
Voemel, ed. 1829. 1repl. m'rrfi. Ka'rizppei, 'drop away,' 'collapse
and wither away ' ; 1repl ail-rd referring, in the metaphor, either
to the withered petals falling around the flower, or (as Heslop
thinks) to the ' fading flowers round the stem. ' e? rrl 161v
avae? wv r6311 napawoae? vwv re Karappsi'r oxefiov Kuplws )\e? 'Y? TG. L
(Hermogenes Ilhel. Gr. ii 368 Sp); 22 ? 70 drroppe'lv rd. ? 27)\)\a
'ri'inl ars? dev, Lys. 31 ? 22 Ta 161x17 rcpixarappe? ovra 'falling
into rnins,' Cic. do Ofl". ii 43 fiola oanm'a celerilor tamquam
floscnli dociolnnl, Tusc. v 62 cliam ipsae olrflaebanl coronae.
The passage is imitated by Chrysostom (quoted by Dobree) Hmn. 29
init. [#6680115 066% doOsife? o'rep'ov xav nopims' WGPIUILE'Ca'lell-EG'L vxwfinraf':
empwpardi: rs yap Ira-I'- ovno ylyvel'rm. Km. Ira-rapper. pgouue, and yo . Yin
167A 1e . . avOpwrrwa arravra ev? wpmra KII-L crafipd mu Ira-rapper. re? xews
Kill limiMu'rai.
98. re. Kderev, 'the lower parts,' ' the parts beginning
from below upwards. ' xd-rwfiev, used instea of Kd-rw, not
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? 166 SECO. \'D 0L YNTIIIAG II ? ? 10, 11
merely prevents hiatus, but is really more expressive besides:
fire-15h Kd'rwtisv aim) Beaehlwv e? 1ri Te 6. in oixodoiiei'rai oIKos,
611. 0100: 56 Kai var"); are 117; rprimfios (schol. ) But this explana-
tion would not apply to 22 ? 72 Kai-rude" 'yeypaaae? va, 23 ? 28
6 Kdrwfiev minor.
99. 16. 9 dpxds ml. 111; inroee? c'as (: n'z broxsioeva, sug-
gested by the foundation of the house, etc): 3 ? 2 1rin -r-;,v
dpxiyv 6p012's inrofie? o'Oai.
101. rots werpaypfvous @Lht'lr'quwz 41 ? 24 T02; 1re1rp. e? av-rdi,
a favourite construction with Demosthenes. See note on 1 ? 28
11. 261, 264.
? 111. 103. druid Sfi Seiv . . Boneeiv: 1 ? 17.
104. time: "HS Myer. (50176611) xdkhw-'ro. x-rh. , 'the best and
quickest way (of sending succours) which any one proposes, is
the way which I approve. ' For this use of times with superlative,
followed by 06701, cp. 8 ? 47 81m: {in . . dxpiflea-rdrnv . . , 001w.
Cp. also 4 ? 13 (iJS' (111 Mm Be? h-rm'ra. Kai rdxmra. 601m? 1rapa-
o'xevaafifiuai, and 14 ? 14 11')>> rapaaxevfiv, b'mus dis dpwra. Kai.
deio'ra ysvfiderai.
105. 061105 dpe? o-xei. not, which implies a superlative,
corresponds to firms--Kahho'ru. K-rh.
Irrpbg . . @e'r'rahoiig 1rpecBe? cw ne'wlrew : was this embassy
sent? and with what result? The reply to these questions is supposed by
Hartel Dem. Aritri'ige p. 535 to be contained in an inscription relating to
n Thessalian alliance, of which only a few fragments remain, CIA. n i 88.
The inscription is, however, placed by Kohler between 01. 101 (376-8 3. 0. )
and 01. 106 (35643 13. 0. ) If so, it is at least four years too early for our
purpose. It also represents the Thessalians as taking the first step, and
the Athenians as sending an embassy in return, [KlAe? UGL Si "in n-pc'aflkic
112w @s-r-mkfiw e'1ri fis'ma] followed by o'i8e fips'[9]1)cr[a. v wpe'apus], Whereas
in the text the first step is apparently taken by the Athenians. Athens
lliiidkalready7111ade an alliance with the Thesealians in 01. 104, 4 (361 3. 0. ),
ic s no. 9 .
106. i) . . ELM-fin. . . napofiuvei: relative with Fat. Indic.
of purpose (Goodwin MT. ? 505). 7005 pe? v and rods 8'
imply that the Thessalians were divided into two parties.
The schol. distinguishes these as (1) those who were ignorant
of Philip's character, (2) those who knew and feared him. It
seems better to regard them as (1) those who were eager to
receive aid in opposing Philip, and (2) those who had still to
be incited to oppose him. rain-a, probably 'informa-
tion as to the coming succours,' and not a statement of the
orator's views respecting Philip.
108. Huyao'c'ls . . Mayvqcrfas: 1 ? 13.
109. Myovs aroma-9m: 1 ? 22; 'make representations,'
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? Il ? ?
11 13 SECOND OLYNTHIAC 167'
'remonstrate'; cp. 27 ? 15, and Lys. 32 ? 12 (coupled with
iryavdK-row). This 'resolve' of the Thessalians is quoted to
prove that some at least of them already mistrust Philip, and
can be further aroused to oppose him.
? 121. 109. o-Ko'lreioee . . 1007(0) . . 141-revs p. 91 . . e? poiiow:
the ordinary F ut. Indie. in object clauses with time: or firms p. 1'7
after verbs of striving, planning, caring for, ejecting; here in
apposition t0 "rein-o, the object of o'Ko'rre'io'Be. Cp. 20 ? ll57
(after Bieoroudaa'rai) 51w: p. 97 'yevfio'ovrm ol 1repi dhh-r'lhous ? 6m,
23 ? 62 (after rpe? voiav Exew) d1rws Ke? pios e? 'a'TaL (6 lib/1. 0:) Kal-
,ufi're o'u'yXI/Bfio'eraz ,unfi'r' at? nerawom0fio'e1'ai, 19 ? ? 250, 316
(Goodwin MT. ? 339). See note on 1 ? 2 l. 19. .
112. Semvi'mv: for Bemvih/ar (thus avoiding hiatus); 24
? ? 48, 66; [42] ? 17, [43] ? 18, [48] ? 46. Benn/15w (rarer than
fielxvuar) is found in 18 ? 76, 21 ? 169, etc.
113. (iv-raw Errl. rots wpdypoo'w, 'engaged in action '; ? 16,
9 ? 2, Isocr. 3 ? 19 e? 1rl 'raTs 1rpd? eaw 611T".
114. av drrfi: Goodwin MT. ? 89, 462.
115. 6 nape. . . , 'that of'; see note on 1 ? 10.
116. 6019 . . e? 'rouporM-(a) . . Too-oi'mp piihhov, 'the more
we are deemed to excel all others in powers of speech, the more
is our speaking mistrusted by all. ' Superlative combined with
Comparative as in [50] ? 15 dog! 'yap . . airway e? vrknpwirdanv
rip! vafiv . . 'roo'oli'rq: ,U-OL whelony drbheu/as e? 'ye? ve-ro. The
double Superlative is preferred by the writer of [11] ? 23 dis
duos ,ue? v e? a'rl. X670: ,ucirmos rpdEewv damper yer/operas, 'rooor'n'rp
5e adhia'fl' 6 rape 151's hue-repair 1r6)\ews, 601,0 60ml":ch oter
rpoxeipo'ra'ra. xpfio'dai 1'63" dkhwv 'Ehhfivwv.
? 13 l. 118. 'rfiv pere? wao'w, 'the reformation,' 'the altered
state resulting from a change,' conversio, COn'UCTS'llS status;
(119) 'rfiv pew-Bohfiv (if retained), 'the act of change,'
mutatio (Poppo on Thuc. ii 48, 3, cp. vi 20, 1). 'Est autcm
perafiohfi in nniversum repentina, temeraria et varia mutatio;
undo-roots status mutatus quidem, sed firmus' (Voemel ed.
1829)
119. eta-cpe? pov'rus duds, after Scurre? ov, = dam/15110. 1. 66? .
120. strep ark, 'if any one is really to give you any heed ' ;
Soph. OT. 54, Aristoph. Av. 899, NM). 930.
121. 1rpo? ? ? et : rpooe? xew ne? hhei. Plato Rep. 56730 el
ne? hhel. dpfsw followed by si'1rep dpfcc, Isocr. 5 ? 13 ei'1rep MA-
hovol rules rpoae? Eew. ai'n'qi To" vofiv.
122. not Sfi, 'at once,' 4 ? 13.
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? 168 SECOND 0L YNTHIAC II ? ? 13, 14
123. 'rd. o'uppaxixd: Philip's 'alliances,' or 'allied forces. '
drfic'rws lxov'ru, 'untrustworthy,' 'precarious. '
? 14 l. 127. (thus, 'on the whole,' 'to speak roundly' (K. );
? 7,1? 5,3? 35,8? 42,etc.
128. e? v wpocafiku, 'as an accessory' ('addition,' 'adjunct,'
'make-weight'); addilamnlum (Cic. p'ro Sealio 31). Cp. e? v
wape? p'yqo (Thuc. vi 69, Soph. Phil. 473), e? v ddmfipn'rl. (H p.
Ema. col. 36, 25), ? 11 napaka'rafifikn (P01 1). v 74, 5). 'he
version of the text in [11] ? 8 has e? v pgv wpocO-flx'qs pe? pet,
also found in 3 ? 31 and 21 ? 165; cp. 23 ? 148 oi) 11017;" e? v
Mimi/cares #e? pez, and 2 ? 18. pepis . . of: pmpd, 'no
small aid' or 'advantage'; 21 ? 184 e? a-rw . . lie-7dth ro'is
ddtxoiicrw dmwl. [Lepls Kal rheoveilo, 1'] 1651/ finere? pwv 1p61rwv
rpabrns, and ib. ? 70.
129. inrfipfie: sc. ,uepls or? mxpd. It may also be taken
absolutely, praesto fuit, ium't, as in 18 ?
mi: 1rap' 6nd>>: e? lwrlo'w. av 'n'ax'n, 'maybe' (K. ), sc. dv0ofiv-ra.
e? 'n'l. raj-g Dario-w 6M" 01'": e'rri. mi: 5 re, 'ils fleurissent, ils sont
exalte? s, parce qu'on s'attend a un avenir rillant' (Weil); '. . Bliihen
orst herrlieh in der Erwartung, Meinung der Menschen, d. h. erregen erst
gauzende Erwartungen' (EMiiller); '. . Entwickelu wohl eine rasehe
liithe auf die Erwartungen hin, die sie erregen . . Eine Macht steigt
oft schnell, wenn sie grosse Erwartungen erregt; denn diese tragen selbst
dazu bei sie zu heben und zu verstarken, Weil eine solche Macht leicht
Bundesgenossen flndet, die sich ihr anschliessen' (Helm Comm. in honor-em
Mommseni p. 696; similarly Franks). This interpretation seems better than
Rudiger's ' ita at (non e0 qaod) spem eam'tent. '
Shakespeare Henry VIII Act iii Sc. 2, 852 This is the state of man : to-dm/
he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes; lemme blossoms, And bears his
blushing honours thick upon him.
96. ? 0Paffllq with its three long syllables, appropriately
expresses the slowness of the defection ; while the double
dactyl in Kai. wcpl ail-rd. Kamppci suits the rapidity of the fall.
<Dupin> Essais ear De'm. cl son eloquence p. 42, quoted by
Voemel, ed. 1829. 1repl. m'rrfi. Ka'rizppei, 'drop away,' 'collapse
and wither away ' ; 1repl ail-rd referring, in the metaphor, either
to the withered petals falling around the flower, or (as Heslop
thinks) to the ' fading flowers round the stem. ' e? rrl 161v
avae? wv r6311 napawoae? vwv re Karappsi'r oxefiov Kuplws )\e? 'Y? TG. L
(Hermogenes Ilhel. Gr. ii 368 Sp); 22 ? 70 drroppe'lv rd. ? 27)\)\a
'ri'inl ars? dev, Lys. 31 ? 22 Ta 161x17 rcpixarappe? ovra 'falling
into rnins,' Cic. do Ofl". ii 43 fiola oanm'a celerilor tamquam
floscnli dociolnnl, Tusc. v 62 cliam ipsae olrflaebanl coronae.
The passage is imitated by Chrysostom (quoted by Dobree) Hmn. 29
init. [#6680115 066% doOsife? o'rep'ov xav nopims' WGPIUILE'Ca'lell-EG'L vxwfinraf':
empwpardi: rs yap Ira-I'- ovno ylyvel'rm. Km. Ira-rapper. pgouue, and yo . Yin
167A 1e . . avOpwrrwa arravra ev? wpmra KII-L crafipd mu Ira-rapper. re? xews
Kill limiMu'rai.
98. re. Kderev, 'the lower parts,' ' the parts beginning
from below upwards. ' xd-rwfiev, used instea of Kd-rw, not
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? 166 SECO. \'D 0L YNTIIIAG II ? ? 10, 11
merely prevents hiatus, but is really more expressive besides:
fire-15h Kd'rwtisv aim) Beaehlwv e? 1ri Te 6. in oixodoiiei'rai oIKos,
611. 0100: 56 Kai var"); are 117; rprimfios (schol. ) But this explana-
tion would not apply to 22 ? 72 Kai-rude" 'yeypaaae? va, 23 ? 28
6 Kdrwfiev minor.
99. 16. 9 dpxds ml. 111; inroee? c'as (: n'z broxsioeva, sug-
gested by the foundation of the house, etc): 3 ? 2 1rin -r-;,v
dpxiyv 6p012's inrofie? o'Oai.
101. rots werpaypfvous @Lht'lr'quwz 41 ? 24 T02; 1re1rp. e? av-rdi,
a favourite construction with Demosthenes. See note on 1 ? 28
11. 261, 264.
? 111. 103. druid Sfi Seiv . . Boneeiv: 1 ? 17.
104. time: "HS Myer. (50176611) xdkhw-'ro. x-rh. , 'the best and
quickest way (of sending succours) which any one proposes, is
the way which I approve. ' For this use of times with superlative,
followed by 06701, cp. 8 ? 47 81m: {in . . dxpiflea-rdrnv . . , 001w.
Cp. also 4 ? 13 (iJS' (111 Mm Be? h-rm'ra. Kai rdxmra. 601m? 1rapa-
o'xevaafifiuai, and 14 ? 14 11')>> rapaaxevfiv, b'mus dis dpwra. Kai.
deio'ra ysvfiderai.
105. 061105 dpe? o-xei. not, which implies a superlative,
corresponds to firms--Kahho'ru. K-rh.
Irrpbg . . @e'r'rahoiig 1rpecBe? cw ne'wlrew : was this embassy
sent? and with what result? The reply to these questions is supposed by
Hartel Dem. Aritri'ige p. 535 to be contained in an inscription relating to
n Thessalian alliance, of which only a few fragments remain, CIA. n i 88.
The inscription is, however, placed by Kohler between 01. 101 (376-8 3. 0. )
and 01. 106 (35643 13. 0. ) If so, it is at least four years too early for our
purpose. It also represents the Thessalians as taking the first step, and
the Athenians as sending an embassy in return, [KlAe? UGL Si "in n-pc'aflkic
112w @s-r-mkfiw e'1ri fis'ma] followed by o'i8e fips'[9]1)cr[a. v wpe'apus], Whereas
in the text the first step is apparently taken by the Athenians. Athens
lliiidkalready7111ade an alliance with the Thesealians in 01. 104, 4 (361 3. 0. ),
ic s no. 9 .
106. i) . . ELM-fin. . . napofiuvei: relative with Fat. Indic.
of purpose (Goodwin MT. ? 505). 7005 pe? v and rods 8'
imply that the Thessalians were divided into two parties.
The schol. distinguishes these as (1) those who were ignorant
of Philip's character, (2) those who knew and feared him. It
seems better to regard them as (1) those who were eager to
receive aid in opposing Philip, and (2) those who had still to
be incited to oppose him. rain-a, probably 'informa-
tion as to the coming succours,' and not a statement of the
orator's views respecting Philip.
108. Huyao'c'ls . . Mayvqcrfas: 1 ? 13.
109. Myovs aroma-9m: 1 ? 22; 'make representations,'
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? Il ? ?
11 13 SECOND OLYNTHIAC 167'
'remonstrate'; cp. 27 ? 15, and Lys. 32 ? 12 (coupled with
iryavdK-row). This 'resolve' of the Thessalians is quoted to
prove that some at least of them already mistrust Philip, and
can be further aroused to oppose him.
? 121. 109. o-Ko'lreioee . . 1007(0) . . 141-revs p. 91 . . e? poiiow:
the ordinary F ut. Indie. in object clauses with time: or firms p. 1'7
after verbs of striving, planning, caring for, ejecting; here in
apposition t0 "rein-o, the object of o'Ko'rre'io'Be. Cp. 20 ? ll57
(after Bieoroudaa'rai) 51w: p. 97 'yevfio'ovrm ol 1repi dhh-r'lhous ? 6m,
23 ? 62 (after rpe? voiav Exew) d1rws Ke? pios e? 'a'TaL (6 lib/1. 0:) Kal-
,ufi're o'u'yXI/Bfio'eraz ,unfi'r' at? nerawom0fio'e1'ai, 19 ? ? 250, 316
(Goodwin MT. ? 339). See note on 1 ? 2 l. 19. .
112. Semvi'mv: for Bemvih/ar (thus avoiding hiatus); 24
? ? 48, 66; [42] ? 17, [43] ? 18, [48] ? 46. Benn/15w (rarer than
fielxvuar) is found in 18 ? 76, 21 ? 169, etc.
113. (iv-raw Errl. rots wpdypoo'w, 'engaged in action '; ? 16,
9 ? 2, Isocr. 3 ? 19 e? 1rl 'raTs 1rpd? eaw 611T".
114. av drrfi: Goodwin MT. ? 89, 462.
115. 6 nape. . . , 'that of'; see note on 1 ? 10.
116. 6019 . . e? 'rouporM-(a) . . Too-oi'mp piihhov, 'the more
we are deemed to excel all others in powers of speech, the more
is our speaking mistrusted by all. ' Superlative combined with
Comparative as in [50] ? 15 dog! 'yap . . airway e? vrknpwirdanv
rip! vafiv . . 'roo'oli'rq: ,U-OL whelony drbheu/as e? 'ye? ve-ro. The
double Superlative is preferred by the writer of [11] ? 23 dis
duos ,ue? v e? a'rl. X670: ,ucirmos rpdEewv damper yer/operas, 'rooor'n'rp
5e adhia'fl' 6 rape 151's hue-repair 1r6)\ews, 601,0 60ml":ch oter
rpoxeipo'ra'ra. xpfio'dai 1'63" dkhwv 'Ehhfivwv.
? 13 l. 118. 'rfiv pere? wao'w, 'the reformation,' 'the altered
state resulting from a change,' conversio, COn'UCTS'llS status;
(119) 'rfiv pew-Bohfiv (if retained), 'the act of change,'
mutatio (Poppo on Thuc. ii 48, 3, cp. vi 20, 1). 'Est autcm
perafiohfi in nniversum repentina, temeraria et varia mutatio;
undo-roots status mutatus quidem, sed firmus' (Voemel ed.
1829)
119. eta-cpe? pov'rus duds, after Scurre? ov, = dam/15110. 1. 66? .
120. strep ark, 'if any one is really to give you any heed ' ;
Soph. OT. 54, Aristoph. Av. 899, NM). 930.
121. 1rpo? ? ? et : rpooe? xew ne? hhei. Plato Rep. 56730 el
ne? hhel. dpfsw followed by si'1rep dpfcc, Isocr. 5 ? 13 ei'1rep MA-
hovol rules rpoae? Eew. ai'n'qi To" vofiv.
122. not Sfi, 'at once,' 4 ? 13.
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? 168 SECOND 0L YNTHIAC II ? ? 13, 14
123. 'rd. o'uppaxixd: Philip's 'alliances,' or 'allied forces. '
drfic'rws lxov'ru, 'untrustworthy,' 'precarious. '
? 14 l. 127. (thus, 'on the whole,' 'to speak roundly' (K. );
? 7,1? 5,3? 35,8? 42,etc.
128. e? v wpocafiku, 'as an accessory' ('addition,' 'adjunct,'
'make-weight'); addilamnlum (Cic. p'ro Sealio 31). Cp. e? v
wape? p'yqo (Thuc. vi 69, Soph. Phil. 473), e? v ddmfipn'rl. (H p.
Ema. col. 36, 25), ? 11 napaka'rafifikn (P01 1). v 74, 5). 'he
version of the text in [11] ? 8 has e? v pgv wpocO-flx'qs pe? pet,
also found in 3 ? 31 and 21 ? 165; cp. 23 ? 148 oi) 11017;" e? v
Mimi/cares #e? pez, and 2 ? 18. pepis . . of: pmpd, 'no
small aid' or 'advantage'; 21 ? 184 e? a-rw . . lie-7dth ro'is
ddtxoiicrw dmwl. [Lepls Kal rheoveilo, 1'] 1651/ finere? pwv 1p61rwv
rpabrns, and ib. ? 70.
129. inrfipfie: sc. ,uepls or? mxpd. It may also be taken
absolutely, praesto fuit, ium't, as in 18 ?
