, 'while you are even now
unable to prevent these things, nor can you send succours by
the appointed time ' (2 ?
unable to prevent these things, nor can you send succours by
the appointed time ' (2 ?
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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).
'Quanquam ea quae Demosthenes commemoraverat, antea facts erant,
tamen orator iure tempore praesenti uti poterat, cum videret nihil
Athenienses curavisse, ne iterum fleret quod saepissime factum erat'
(Sauppe Ep. Grit. p. 43).
? 35 l. 311. raw Havaeqvalov : the greater Panathenaea were
held before the middle of August in the third year of every
Olympiad (e. g. in 350 B. c. , the year after the delivery of
this speech ; and in 354 B. 0. , three years before it) ; the lesser,
in the same month in each year. The superintendence of
the numerous contests, musical, equestrian, or gymnastic, was
assigned to the ten Athlothetae (Aristotle Coast. of Athens 60
? 1). The festival closed with a magnificent procession of
horsemen, under the command of their officers. Cp. 1. 227.
312. 163v Aiovuo'lmv: the great Dionysia were celebrated,
with musical and dramatic exhibitions, during five days at
the end of March. The other Dionysiac festivals were known
as the rural Dionysia, the Anthesteria, and the Lenaea.
roi) KGOfiKOVTOS xpovou, 'at the appropriate time'; Gen. of
Time. 19 ? 185 611111 e? x 163v ve? nwv "01m, 23 ? 68 ? 11 al's iyye? pais
Kofifixel, [43] ? 67 6'11 111? : KaGnKoe? oars iyne? paw.
313. (iv 1': . . (iv 're: ? 19 Khv . . Kdv. Sewot:
opposed to KSuS'rai, as e? preipor to drerpoi, 'experts' to 'un-
qualified persons. ' Mixmrw, 'be appointed by lot. ' In
the case of the Panathenaea, the reference is to the ten Athle-
Iheme, who were appointed by lot, Aristotle Const. of Athens
60 ? 1 Khnpoilo'z . . dfihofie? 'ras. In that of the Dionysia, the
reference is in the first instance to the Archon, who was
appointed in the same manner, ib. 55 ? 1 Khnpof/aw . . dpxovra.
It is uncertain whether the e? mneAq-mi. 16w Acovwn'mv are also meant.
The verb e'mazkeivflat (used below) is not necessarily limited to them.
The officials to whom it is here applied certainly include the Athlnthctae
and the chief Archon, and in Aristotle's Coast. of Athens the verb is used
of a variety of officials other than ('m'LQA mi, viz. the wpe? stpoi (44 ? 8), the
flovhfi (46 ? 1), the don/minor. (50 ? 2), t e ail-yo amipol. (51 ? 1), the rn-ro-
dniAaxe: (51 5 3), and the 'EvSeKa (52 ? 1), all 0 whom were appointed by
lot, and also the a'emppovurrrjg (42 53), who alone was elected. It is also
applied to the Archon, Eop'rlzw empehei'rm. (56 ? 5), optpavaw sznehez'rm (56
? 7), nuier s'mneMZ-mr. (57 ? 1). It is impossible to apply it here to the
e? mneAvpmi alone, to the exclusion of the Archon and the Athlothetae.
The s'maeh mi (11]; Trollflrfifi) were minor oflicials who assisted the Arehon
in managing the procession in the greater Dionysia. The ? 1. 1va and the
EmaeAvp-u' receive a joint vote of thanks for their management of the
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? IV ? 35 FIRST PHILIPPIG 109
Dionysia in 281 3. 0. (Dittenberger Sylloge ii no. 382; cp. CIA. ii 420, 85; circa
188 3. 0. ) The locus classicus with respect to these e'mnekqmi' is Aristotle's
Const. of Athens 56 ? 4 wopmiw 8' e'wtnelkez'rai (o dewv) . . real. 71): Ato-
vvm'wv wa psye? va 51. 6115. 7ch e? rri'aeimru'iv, oi); n'pe? 'repov "all '_('1 dipo;
e? xsipore? vsi Se'xa. 61170. 9 . . viiv 8' Eva. n]: (huh); e? xaa'mq xknpoi. Now
in Dem. 21 ? 15 Meidias is described as elected e? mneaqq; by open
voting, xekaiwv e? av'rbv sis Atomicna. XGLPOTOVGZV e'mpekn'rfiv. he speech
against Meidias is assigned by Dionysius to 01. 107, 4, 349 3. 0. If so, the
Dionysia at which Demosthenes was insulted by Meidias belonged to
March 350 3. 0. ; Demosthenes was probably appointed xoprryds at the
beginning of the previous Attic year, July 351 3. 0. , and it was probably
at the same date that Meidias was appointed an e'mpequrjg for the same
Dionysia. If we lace the First Philippic early in 351 3. 0. , we find, in July
of that year, the emneAn-rai' still elected by open voting, so that the later
method of appointing them by lot (mentioned by Aristotle) must have
come into force after the date of Meidias' appointment, a fortiori after the
date of this speech, which is in any case earlier than that a pointment,
whether we place the speech against Meidias in 349 3. 0. (wit Dionysius
and ASchaefer) or in 347 3. 0. (with Weil and Blass). Thus Mixwa'w is
inapplicable to the e? mneamai at the date when the First Philippic was
delivered.
This discrepancy leads Blass to suggest that in 347 3. 0. , when Demo-
sthenes was a member of the Council, be renewed his proposal for a
standing force, and, after submitting it to the Council, brought it before
the Assembly in a revised form. In this case find; in ? 30 would refer to
members of the Council and to a wpofiooaevna of that body (Seebeck Z.
f. Alt. 1838 p. 784). If the scheme was formally approved by the people,
though not actually carried into effect, it may have been mentioned by
Philochorus in connexion with the events of the year, and Dionysius may
have thereby been led to assign the latter part of the speech to a later date
than ? ? 1-29. Blass suggests that ? 30 and (i'ya) 'ye'ypazba (? 33), as well as
xa'i 'r'hv 16w Awwaiwv and e? Kau-e? pwv (? 35), belong to the speech in its later
form. He admits, however, that this last section, as a whole, must belong
to the earlier date (351 3. 0. ); otherwise, Olynthus would have been added
to the list of places to which Athens had failed to send timely aid (Alt.
Ber. III i 304 f).
As an alternative we may suggest the simpler expedient of supposing
that in Adxwaw Demosthenes adopts a word applicable to the Athlothetae
and the Archon, and that the Epi'meletae are disregarded as minor officials
in comparison with the Are-hon, especially as they were concerned with the
procession alone.
314. [oi] may possibly be retained; in which case oi e? m-
aehnabaevoc would be the subject, 56010! K'rh. the predicate :--
'whether the lot falls on ex erts or on ordinary persons to
attend to these festivals. ' n denoting a person who can,
shall, or will do something, the article is usually prefixed to
the future participle (e. g. [58] ? 29 "row--76311 Kowdw e? mhehnob-
never), the present participle, persons who do, being rarely used
(see exx. in Madvig Syntax ? 180 b R 1, or Goodwin MT. ? 826).
e? wupehno'dpevoi: for the Nom. after hdxwo'w cp. Aeschin.
3 ? 28 e? haxe Taxowoce? s, [Dem] 59 ? 72 haxovra fiaoahe? a, and
especially 21 ? 227 5:. Kdo'ov'res elhfixa're.
315. roe-ai'rr(a)--Xpfip. o:ra: Plut. de glo'ri'a Atheniensium c. 6
p. 349 dv 761p e?
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).
'Quanquam ea quae Demosthenes commemoraverat, antea facts erant,
tamen orator iure tempore praesenti uti poterat, cum videret nihil
Athenienses curavisse, ne iterum fleret quod saepissime factum erat'
(Sauppe Ep. Grit. p. 43).
? 35 l. 311. raw Havaeqvalov : the greater Panathenaea were
held before the middle of August in the third year of every
Olympiad (e. g. in 350 B. c. , the year after the delivery of
this speech ; and in 354 B. 0. , three years before it) ; the lesser,
in the same month in each year. The superintendence of
the numerous contests, musical, equestrian, or gymnastic, was
assigned to the ten Athlothetae (Aristotle Coast. of Athens 60
? 1). The festival closed with a magnificent procession of
horsemen, under the command of their officers. Cp. 1. 227.
312. 163v Aiovuo'lmv: the great Dionysia were celebrated,
with musical and dramatic exhibitions, during five days at
the end of March. The other Dionysiac festivals were known
as the rural Dionysia, the Anthesteria, and the Lenaea.
roi) KGOfiKOVTOS xpovou, 'at the appropriate time'; Gen. of
Time. 19 ? 185 611111 e? x 163v ve? nwv "01m, 23 ? 68 ? 11 al's iyye? pais
Kofifixel, [43] ? 67 6'11 111? : KaGnKoe? oars iyne? paw.
313. (iv 1': . . (iv 're: ? 19 Khv . . Kdv. Sewot:
opposed to KSuS'rai, as e? preipor to drerpoi, 'experts' to 'un-
qualified persons. ' Mixmrw, 'be appointed by lot. ' In
the case of the Panathenaea, the reference is to the ten Athle-
Iheme, who were appointed by lot, Aristotle Const. of Athens
60 ? 1 Khnpoilo'z . . dfihofie? 'ras. In that of the Dionysia, the
reference is in the first instance to the Archon, who was
appointed in the same manner, ib. 55 ? 1 Khnpof/aw . . dpxovra.
It is uncertain whether the e? mneAq-mi. 16w Acovwn'mv are also meant.
The verb e'mazkeivflat (used below) is not necessarily limited to them.
The officials to whom it is here applied certainly include the Athlnthctae
and the chief Archon, and in Aristotle's Coast. of Athens the verb is used
of a variety of officials other than ('m'LQA mi, viz. the wpe? stpoi (44 ? 8), the
flovhfi (46 ? 1), the don/minor. (50 ? 2), t e ail-yo amipol. (51 ? 1), the rn-ro-
dniAaxe: (51 5 3), and the 'EvSeKa (52 ? 1), all 0 whom were appointed by
lot, and also the a'emppovurrrjg (42 53), who alone was elected. It is also
applied to the Archon, Eop'rlzw empehei'rm. (56 ? 5), optpavaw sznehez'rm (56
? 7), nuier s'mneMZ-mr. (57 ? 1). It is impossible to apply it here to the
e? mneAvpmi alone, to the exclusion of the Archon and the Athlothetae.
The s'maeh mi (11]; Trollflrfifi) were minor oflicials who assisted the Arehon
in managing the procession in the greater Dionysia. The ? 1. 1va and the
EmaeAvp-u' receive a joint vote of thanks for their management of the
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? IV ? 35 FIRST PHILIPPIG 109
Dionysia in 281 3. 0. (Dittenberger Sylloge ii no. 382; cp. CIA. ii 420, 85; circa
188 3. 0. ) The locus classicus with respect to these e'mnekqmi' is Aristotle's
Const. of Athens 56 ? 4 wopmiw 8' e'wtnelkez'rai (o dewv) . . real. 71): Ato-
vvm'wv wa psye? va 51. 6115. 7ch e? rri'aeimru'iv, oi); n'pe? 'repov "all '_('1 dipo;
e? xsipore? vsi Se'xa. 61170. 9 . . viiv 8' Eva. n]: (huh); e? xaa'mq xknpoi. Now
in Dem. 21 ? 15 Meidias is described as elected e? mneaqq; by open
voting, xekaiwv e? av'rbv sis Atomicna. XGLPOTOVGZV e'mpekn'rfiv. he speech
against Meidias is assigned by Dionysius to 01. 107, 4, 349 3. 0. If so, the
Dionysia at which Demosthenes was insulted by Meidias belonged to
March 350 3. 0. ; Demosthenes was probably appointed xoprryds at the
beginning of the previous Attic year, July 351 3. 0. , and it was probably
at the same date that Meidias was appointed an e'mpequrjg for the same
Dionysia. If we lace the First Philippic early in 351 3. 0. , we find, in July
of that year, the emneAn-rai' still elected by open voting, so that the later
method of appointing them by lot (mentioned by Aristotle) must have
come into force after the date of Meidias' appointment, a fortiori after the
date of this speech, which is in any case earlier than that a pointment,
whether we place the speech against Meidias in 349 3. 0. (wit Dionysius
and ASchaefer) or in 347 3. 0. (with Weil and Blass). Thus Mixwa'w is
inapplicable to the e? mneamai at the date when the First Philippic was
delivered.
This discrepancy leads Blass to suggest that in 347 3. 0. , when Demo-
sthenes was a member of the Council, be renewed his proposal for a
standing force, and, after submitting it to the Council, brought it before
the Assembly in a revised form. In this case find; in ? 30 would refer to
members of the Council and to a wpofiooaevna of that body (Seebeck Z.
f. Alt. 1838 p. 784). If the scheme was formally approved by the people,
though not actually carried into effect, it may have been mentioned by
Philochorus in connexion with the events of the year, and Dionysius may
have thereby been led to assign the latter part of the speech to a later date
than ? ? 1-29. Blass suggests that ? 30 and (i'ya) 'ye'ypazba (? 33), as well as
xa'i 'r'hv 16w Awwaiwv and e? Kau-e? pwv (? 35), belong to the speech in its later
form. He admits, however, that this last section, as a whole, must belong
to the earlier date (351 3. 0. ); otherwise, Olynthus would have been added
to the list of places to which Athens had failed to send timely aid (Alt.
Ber. III i 304 f).
As an alternative we may suggest the simpler expedient of supposing
that in Adxwaw Demosthenes adopts a word applicable to the Athlothetae
and the Archon, and that the Epi'meletae are disregarded as minor officials
in comparison with the Are-hon, especially as they were concerned with the
procession alone.
314. [oi] may possibly be retained; in which case oi e? m-
aehnabaevoc would be the subject, 56010! K'rh. the predicate :--
'whether the lot falls on ex erts or on ordinary persons to
attend to these festivals. ' n denoting a person who can,
shall, or will do something, the article is usually prefixed to
the future participle (e. g. [58] ? 29 "row--76311 Kowdw e? mhehnob-
never), the present participle, persons who do, being rarely used
(see exx. in Madvig Syntax ? 180 b R 1, or Goodwin MT. ? 826).
e? wupehno'dpevoi: for the Nom. after hdxwo'w cp. Aeschin.
3 ? 28 e? haxe Taxowoce? s, [Dem] 59 ? 72 haxovra fiaoahe? a, and
especially 21 ? 227 5:. Kdo'ov'res elhfixa're.
315. roe-ai'rr(a)--Xpfip. o:ra: Plut. de glo'ri'a Atheniensium c. 6
p. 349 dv 761p e?
