at de 11: certa
loquitur
.
Demosthenese - First Philippic and the Olynthiacs
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? 124 FIRST PHILIPPIC' IV ? 51
Blass) vfiv 6% ? oBoU/4. m. E1r' c'xSfikols . . 8910s, 'with an un-
certainty as to the consequences to myself, yet with a. con-
viction that,' etc. ; 21 ? 30 e? 1r' 6. 61%05 pill 101': dfimfio'ovcnv,
d6fikozs 6% 102's d6m'qdo/4e? vozs, Thuc. i69, 2 e? 1ri ? avspo? s, viii 97
6'1rl 'rois Myehfle? vms . . vafis . . 6';st e? rkfipouv. Demosthenes
apparently apprehends a 'ypacph rapavbywv (Hartel Dem.
Avurdge p. 528).
467. hrl fq'i . . 1mm": hyperbaton for e? 1rl Tq? 1rs1re'i00ai
rau'h-a o'wlolo'ew {1,1sz :1>> rpdEm-e. wvo'o-ew: purposely put
into an emphatic position.
468. vur ' z 9 ? 76 G'UI'GVe? 'YKOL (Goodwin MT. ? 722). 8 n
(:6! TL) phyla (ib. ? 525).
469. mote-aw: Tb a'vmbe? pov is the theme of the speech as
a whole, and the verb has already been used five times in the
concluding paragraph. In the first, as in the third, Philippic
(ouveue? yxm) and the third Olynthian (uvvolo'sw . . ), the last word
is a word of good omen. Op. 01'. 1 Xp'qo'rb. 6' d1] 1rav1'bs echm,
2 ISA-now . . e? xby'rwv, 8 060m, 15 dperds, 18 Jump! " dazpakfi.
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FIRST OLYNTHIAC (OR. I)
? 1 is also found (with slight variations) in Prooe'mium 3. $5 1, 2 are
parodied by Lucian Jupiter Tragoedus 15 lile 1":va iv, a! >> duo 1; 0:01,
xp-qlui-nuv illu'is e? As'crOmL widget, oi. ""pr ye'vme' imiv ii 1|. drive-i" apm 7007'
screr e'jf org: vim svveMyrrre. or! 'roiwv 70. 00' 0671>>: e' u, upon-fix" 1r -
Winn; mnpoivfiai poi! Aiyowos. o lair 013v 1m. pr xanpos, w 0605, novov ouxi
M'yu ? wviyv aidueis, ii-n 163v flpaZpIi-va c'ppups'mu; dynkqn're'ov infill e'o'rw,
find; 55 mivu oAi-yu'apws szw p. 0t oxofzpiev wpbs m'rra'.
? 1 l. 1. c'w-ri. arohke? v dv--e? Ma-Qal. vopigu, 'I think you
would give much to know,' lit. 'you would choose at the cost
of much money. ' alpe'ialiai din-l (2 ? 15, 3 ? 21, 6 ? 12) implies
the actual possession of the thing governed by dvrl, whereas
alpoia'Ocu 1rp6 implies a choice between two alternative ofi'ers.
Similarly mafia-0m 1rp6 in Thuc. i 33, 2, vi 10, 4, Isocr. 13 ? 11.
Cp. Andoc. 2 ? 21 66:56. ;an 5' d0 (iv-rt mva xp'qndnov, and
Dem. 14 ? 34 rohhi'bv a>> Xpnpdrwv 1rplaa'0ai. qupd'ruv
has probably no recondite meaning. It does not refer to sums
of money either offered to Demosthenes by the Olynthians or
the king of Persia, or required for sending help to Olynthus,
or distributed among Athenian orators by Phili , or among the
people in general by Eubulus. Nevertheless, t e fact that the
question of the distribution of the theoric fund was being
raised (? ? 19, 20) would give additional point to the word.
2. cl. ? avepbv--o'xo1retr? : this dependent clause is the virtual
object of e? he? aOai. The order is: at 1r6pl (Too-row wept) 6>>:
01016215, ? tlll? p09 'ye? vorro To ,ue? hhov ovvolo'ew Tfi roha.
ye? vovro 16: this collocation (--ro 16) would have been avoided
by Isocrates.
3. nepl--o'xo'lre'i're: 3 ? 18 1rspi rpaypd'rwv 1rpo'r60ii axo1rei'v.
4. 8r: in causal sense (Goodwin MT. ? 713), 'now that,'
less strong than (in, but stronger than d. Cp. Plato Symp.
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? 126 FIRST OLYNTHIAC I ? 1, 2
206 life 51'] 7031-0 6 5pm; ? 01! ! ! def. rotvw : here a particle
of transition rather than inference.
5. "flew, 'to be willing' or 'ready. ' flouhope? vuv,
'wishing' (Shilleto on FL. p. 348 ? 26, and Donaldson's
New Cralylus ? 463). Here the ordinarily weak sense of
? 0e? hew is strengthened by position and also by the adverb
1rpo0o/ws.
6. m" yap pdvov--e? 'lreMeiv el'n'e'iv: this sentence clearly
implies that there are advantages even in unpremeditated
speeches, as well as in those that are carefully prepared before-
hand. Demosthenes apparently intends his audience to suppose
that he is himself ready to trust to that inspiration which the
good fortune of Athens often supplies, rather than to any
elaborate reparation. In fact, however, he was generally
most unwilling to speak on the spur of the moment (Plut.
Dem. 8, 9). He distinctly avows premeditation in 21 ? 191
? p? T d): e'dKeu/Ae? vo. Kai WGPGO'KCUGO'ILe? IIG. miwa he? 'yw viiv. ? 711) 6'
e? oxe? ? 0az ,u. e? u . . ? 11,u. l ml 01'": Av dpvnficl-qv, Kai #e/Lehnrnxe? vai 'y'
(i); as,>> udhw'r' e? aol. It has been conjectured that Demosthenes
may have been preceded either by some such orator as Phocion,
who had possibly dwelt on the long consideration which he had
bestowed on the question (so Weil), or by the witty extempor-
aneous speaker Demades (ofi'ros Annoufle? uea Xe? 'yov-rz i'nre? p 'Ohvv-
01w! dr-re? heyev, Suidns). In the latter case si' n xpria'L/aov
e'axe/me? vos fist us may be a modest reference to men like
Demosthenes himself (so Voemel); while the sequel may be
regarded as an ironical but good-humoured allusion to the ready
speakers on the opposite side, who (as Demosthenes was fully
conscious) were more popular with his audience (Rehdantz,
followed by Blass, who, however, holds that this was the first
speech in the debate). GHSchaefer (followed by Heslop) says
of fixer 11s Dem.
at de 11: certa loquitur . . 1mm se ipsu'm
intelligit. e? o-xeppe? vos: Mid. as in 15 ? 25 ; Mid. and Pass.
in 21 ? 191 quoted in last note.
7. win" av . . Mpovre is the apodosis to st dxolia'arre, implied
in the conditional participle alcove-owes.
8. iapcre? pas nix-qs: 4 ? 12, so. elvac, ? 10 T5: there? pas
d/uhefas (iv 14; 06117, 8 ? 48 50m? Tafi'ro. dandy-)7: pexdhm eivcu.
9. Gwekeeiv dv: orat. obl. for an e? re? hfloi. 650's" a;
find. me (11. 311 hexfie? v-rwv)----aipeo'w yeve? rrdau: Ep. 1 ? 4 fiddler
Till! Tail! ,Behrlo'rwv al'pso'w Karao'r'iio'ar, lsocr. 6 ? 4 iv' e? E drdv-rwv
imiv egg 113v [inBe'vav e? he? o'fial. 'rd. o'upzpopdrra'ra.
? 2 l. 12. plv 06v introduces the subject of the speech, as in
4? 2,2? 3,3? 3, 18? ? 3, 9.
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? I ? 2 FIRST 0L YNTHIAC' 127
13. opuwfiv (Maids : personifying 6 1rd. de Kaipe? s. For similar
personifications cp. 18 ? 172 6 Kaipos e? xeivor . . dvdpa. {lather
(and Soph. El. 75), 19 ? 81 1'7 'ydp decm. Kai rd 1re1rpa'y/Le? v'
we Bag, and ? 119 rafi-r' 00x2 [306, Plato Protag. 361 A 60ch
'11an 1', dp'n. #5060: 16311 Mwa Ibo-rep dvfipanros mr-ryyopeiv re Kai
Kara'yehc'iv, Kill cl (pan/1'71! )uiBoz, slrre'iv 8. 1! 81-1. . . , Thuc. ii 43, 2.
14. ? xelvow, ' those ' or 'yonder,' the affairs of distant
Olynthus; separated from rpayud-rwv to emphasise xii/Iv and
0. 17102}. The latter pronoun implies pcrsmml service, ? 6 4111701):
e? Eiovras.
15. inre? p : 1repl, 4 ? ? 1, 4. o-orr'qptas min-6W: re? iv
rpaypdrwv (schol. ); 3 ? 21 19711 1131' rpaynd'rwv o'w-mplav, 36
? 30 owrnplav roi's e? airroii 1rpd. 'y,u. aow(and ? 49 'rov cdw'avra rd.
1rpii'y/1ara), 5 ? 7 1rspl oquplas Kal Icon/6511 1rpa'y/Ldrwv, ? 17 (below)
,Boan-re? ov 1on wpd'y/Lao'w. fipe'is KT)>>, '1 know not how
we ('you and I,' less invidious than 'you ') seem to me to be
disposed in the matter'----a cautious way of hinting at the
general reluctance to adopt a vigorous policy (K. )
Otherwise, Demosthenes might have said (with Lucian 1. 0. ) mivu 6M-
yu'ipme 5x111! Semi/aw 1rsz gird, or (with the scholiast) figOPIaofiucy m7,
013 upodexonev. Hermog. 111 411 your imaxoiisrai. airervnrv- 41AM
ro'fi-ro' {\'um'lpov e'u'n 1'02; 'AO'r'vn-iois' 1rd): 061/ nepre? nheg'ev; " 011K 015'--1rpoq
GUT"-
17. rd. 7' e? pol Soxoiiv-ra, ' my own humble (7') opinion. '
18. +181], 'at once,' 'forthwith'; 4 ? 8, 7 ? ? 8, 15, 29 end;
C'IA. ii 609, 12 (Wordsworth's Athens and Attica p. 1903) e? he? a'Ow.
rpei's dv5pos 17511. rfiv BofiOeiav: the succours in question,
now being debated as the order of the day. repair-Remi-
wad-0m: usually regarded as having for its object either 1171!
13013061111! or was m'rrmis, in which case 61m; (preceded by a
comma) would mean 'in order that,' or 'that so. ' This makes
the ae? v clause inordinately long, besides giving an inadequate
sense. Rapidity of preparation could not in itself lead to the
succours consisting of Athenians alone. It is therefore better
to take the clause beginning with (firms as the object of rape-
a'xeudo'aoOaL. Thuc. ii 99 rapeokeudf'ovro 81w: . . e? a'flahoiiinv
(Weil). 'rfiv 'raxto-rqv : cp. 4 ? 23 and 3 ? 2 r-hu 1rpo'n'11v.
19. 811-09 smefimfl the usual Ind. Fut. with firm after
rapaoxevdfcofiai (15 ? 28, 24 ? ? 113, 115), xarao'xevdfl'ea'Oal. (8
? 13), o'KorreTv (2 ? ? 2, 12; 3 ? 1, 6 ? 5, 9 ? ? 29, 51, 63, 69, 75;
14 ? ? 7, 14, 41; 15 ? 30, 18 ? 231, 19 ? ? 250, 262, etc. ) The
Ind. Fut. is adopted by Blass in preference to the Aor. Subj.
'not merely because it is more usual, but also because it makes
better sense. The text represents the succours as about to be
actually sent. ' The Aor. Subj. pfl mien-re can be combined
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? 128 FIRST 0L YNTHIAO I ? 2, 3
with the Fat. Ind. , as in Aristoph. Ecol. 495 ,uxi] Kai TLS had:
6? ? Tllt xii/1. 6V lows Karelrry, and Plato Tim.
? 124 FIRST PHILIPPIC' IV ? 51
Blass) vfiv 6% ? oBoU/4. m. E1r' c'xSfikols . . 8910s, 'with an un-
certainty as to the consequences to myself, yet with a. con-
viction that,' etc. ; 21 ? 30 e? 1r' 6. 61%05 pill 101': dfimfio'ovcnv,
d6fikozs 6% 102's d6m'qdo/4e? vozs, Thuc. i69, 2 e? 1ri ? avspo? s, viii 97
6'1rl 'rois Myehfle? vms . . vafis . . 6';st e? rkfipouv. Demosthenes
apparently apprehends a 'ypacph rapavbywv (Hartel Dem.
Avurdge p. 528).
467. hrl fq'i . . 1mm": hyperbaton for e? 1rl Tq? 1rs1re'i00ai
rau'h-a o'wlolo'ew {1,1sz :1>> rpdEm-e. wvo'o-ew: purposely put
into an emphatic position.
468. vur ' z 9 ? 76 G'UI'GVe? 'YKOL (Goodwin MT. ? 722). 8 n
(:6! TL) phyla (ib. ? 525).
469. mote-aw: Tb a'vmbe? pov is the theme of the speech as
a whole, and the verb has already been used five times in the
concluding paragraph. In the first, as in the third, Philippic
(ouveue? yxm) and the third Olynthian (uvvolo'sw . . ), the last word
is a word of good omen. Op. 01'. 1 Xp'qo'rb. 6' d1] 1rav1'bs echm,
2 ISA-now . . e? xby'rwv, 8 060m, 15 dperds, 18 Jump! " dazpakfi.
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? NOTES ON THE
FIRST OLYNTHIAC (OR. I)
? 1 is also found (with slight variations) in Prooe'mium 3. $5 1, 2 are
parodied by Lucian Jupiter Tragoedus 15 lile 1":va iv, a! >> duo 1; 0:01,
xp-qlui-nuv illu'is e? As'crOmL widget, oi. ""pr ye'vme' imiv ii 1|. drive-i" apm 7007'
screr e'jf org: vim svveMyrrre. or! 'roiwv 70. 00' 0671>>: e' u, upon-fix" 1r -
Winn; mnpoivfiai poi! Aiyowos. o lair 013v 1m. pr xanpos, w 0605, novov ouxi
M'yu ? wviyv aidueis, ii-n 163v flpaZpIi-va c'ppups'mu; dynkqn're'ov infill e'o'rw,
find; 55 mivu oAi-yu'apws szw p. 0t oxofzpiev wpbs m'rra'.
? 1 l. 1. c'w-ri. arohke? v dv--e? Ma-Qal. vopigu, 'I think you
would give much to know,' lit. 'you would choose at the cost
of much money. ' alpe'ialiai din-l (2 ? 15, 3 ? 21, 6 ? 12) implies
the actual possession of the thing governed by dvrl, whereas
alpoia'Ocu 1rp6 implies a choice between two alternative ofi'ers.
Similarly mafia-0m 1rp6 in Thuc. i 33, 2, vi 10, 4, Isocr. 13 ? 11.
Cp. Andoc. 2 ? 21 66:56. ;an 5' d0 (iv-rt mva xp'qndnov, and
Dem. 14 ? 34 rohhi'bv a>> Xpnpdrwv 1rplaa'0ai. qupd'ruv
has probably no recondite meaning. It does not refer to sums
of money either offered to Demosthenes by the Olynthians or
the king of Persia, or required for sending help to Olynthus,
or distributed among Athenian orators by Phili , or among the
people in general by Eubulus. Nevertheless, t e fact that the
question of the distribution of the theoric fund was being
raised (? ? 19, 20) would give additional point to the word.
2. cl. ? avepbv--o'xo1retr? : this dependent clause is the virtual
object of e? he? aOai. The order is: at 1r6pl (Too-row wept) 6>>:
01016215, ? tlll? p09 'ye? vorro To ,ue? hhov ovvolo'ew Tfi roha.
ye? vovro 16: this collocation (--ro 16) would have been avoided
by Isocrates.
3. nepl--o'xo'lre'i're: 3 ? 18 1rspi rpaypd'rwv 1rpo'r60ii axo1rei'v.
4. 8r: in causal sense (Goodwin MT. ? 713), 'now that,'
less strong than (in, but stronger than d. Cp. Plato Symp.
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? 126 FIRST OLYNTHIAC I ? 1, 2
206 life 51'] 7031-0 6 5pm; ? 01! ! ! def. rotvw : here a particle
of transition rather than inference.
5. "flew, 'to be willing' or 'ready. ' flouhope? vuv,
'wishing' (Shilleto on FL. p. 348 ? 26, and Donaldson's
New Cralylus ? 463). Here the ordinarily weak sense of
? 0e? hew is strengthened by position and also by the adverb
1rpo0o/ws.
6. m" yap pdvov--e? 'lreMeiv el'n'e'iv: this sentence clearly
implies that there are advantages even in unpremeditated
speeches, as well as in those that are carefully prepared before-
hand. Demosthenes apparently intends his audience to suppose
that he is himself ready to trust to that inspiration which the
good fortune of Athens often supplies, rather than to any
elaborate reparation. In fact, however, he was generally
most unwilling to speak on the spur of the moment (Plut.
Dem. 8, 9). He distinctly avows premeditation in 21 ? 191
? p? T d): e'dKeu/Ae? vo. Kai WGPGO'KCUGO'ILe? IIG. miwa he? 'yw viiv. ? 711) 6'
e? oxe? ? 0az ,u. e? u . . ? 11,u. l ml 01'": Av dpvnficl-qv, Kai #e/Lehnrnxe? vai 'y'
(i); as,>> udhw'r' e? aol. It has been conjectured that Demosthenes
may have been preceded either by some such orator as Phocion,
who had possibly dwelt on the long consideration which he had
bestowed on the question (so Weil), or by the witty extempor-
aneous speaker Demades (ofi'ros Annoufle? uea Xe? 'yov-rz i'nre? p 'Ohvv-
01w! dr-re? heyev, Suidns). In the latter case si' n xpria'L/aov
e'axe/me? vos fist us may be a modest reference to men like
Demosthenes himself (so Voemel); while the sequel may be
regarded as an ironical but good-humoured allusion to the ready
speakers on the opposite side, who (as Demosthenes was fully
conscious) were more popular with his audience (Rehdantz,
followed by Blass, who, however, holds that this was the first
speech in the debate). GHSchaefer (followed by Heslop) says
of fixer 11s Dem.
at de 11: certa loquitur . . 1mm se ipsu'm
intelligit. e? o-xeppe? vos: Mid. as in 15 ? 25 ; Mid. and Pass.
in 21 ? 191 quoted in last note.
7. win" av . . Mpovre is the apodosis to st dxolia'arre, implied
in the conditional participle alcove-owes.
8. iapcre? pas nix-qs: 4 ? 12, so. elvac, ? 10 T5: there? pas
d/uhefas (iv 14; 06117, 8 ? 48 50m? Tafi'ro. dandy-)7: pexdhm eivcu.
9. Gwekeeiv dv: orat. obl. for an e? re? hfloi. 650's" a;
find. me (11. 311 hexfie? v-rwv)----aipeo'w yeve? rrdau: Ep. 1 ? 4 fiddler
Till! Tail! ,Behrlo'rwv al'pso'w Karao'r'iio'ar, lsocr. 6 ? 4 iv' e? E drdv-rwv
imiv egg 113v [inBe'vav e? he? o'fial. 'rd. o'upzpopdrra'ra.
? 2 l. 12. plv 06v introduces the subject of the speech, as in
4? 2,2? 3,3? 3, 18? ? 3, 9.
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? I ? 2 FIRST 0L YNTHIAC' 127
13. opuwfiv (Maids : personifying 6 1rd. de Kaipe? s. For similar
personifications cp. 18 ? 172 6 Kaipos e? xeivor . . dvdpa. {lather
(and Soph. El. 75), 19 ? 81 1'7 'ydp decm. Kai rd 1re1rpa'y/Le? v'
we Bag, and ? 119 rafi-r' 00x2 [306, Plato Protag. 361 A 60ch
'11an 1', dp'n. #5060: 16311 Mwa Ibo-rep dvfipanros mr-ryyopeiv re Kai
Kara'yehc'iv, Kill cl (pan/1'71! )uiBoz, slrre'iv 8. 1! 81-1. . . , Thuc. ii 43, 2.
14. ? xelvow, ' those ' or 'yonder,' the affairs of distant
Olynthus; separated from rpayud-rwv to emphasise xii/Iv and
0. 17102}. The latter pronoun implies pcrsmml service, ? 6 4111701):
e? Eiovras.
15. inre? p : 1repl, 4 ? ? 1, 4. o-orr'qptas min-6W: re? iv
rpaypdrwv (schol. ); 3 ? 21 19711 1131' rpaynd'rwv o'w-mplav, 36
? 30 owrnplav roi's e? airroii 1rpd. 'y,u. aow(and ? 49 'rov cdw'avra rd.
1rpii'y/1ara), 5 ? 7 1rspl oquplas Kal Icon/6511 1rpa'y/Ldrwv, ? 17 (below)
,Boan-re? ov 1on wpd'y/Lao'w. fipe'is KT)>>, '1 know not how
we ('you and I,' less invidious than 'you ') seem to me to be
disposed in the matter'----a cautious way of hinting at the
general reluctance to adopt a vigorous policy (K. )
Otherwise, Demosthenes might have said (with Lucian 1. 0. ) mivu 6M-
yu'ipme 5x111! Semi/aw 1rsz gird, or (with the scholiast) figOPIaofiucy m7,
013 upodexonev. Hermog. 111 411 your imaxoiisrai. airervnrv- 41AM
ro'fi-ro' {\'um'lpov e'u'n 1'02; 'AO'r'vn-iois' 1rd): 061/ nepre? nheg'ev; " 011K 015'--1rpoq
GUT"-
17. rd. 7' e? pol Soxoiiv-ra, ' my own humble (7') opinion. '
18. +181], 'at once,' 'forthwith'; 4 ? 8, 7 ? ? 8, 15, 29 end;
C'IA. ii 609, 12 (Wordsworth's Athens and Attica p. 1903) e? he? a'Ow.
rpei's dv5pos 17511. rfiv BofiOeiav: the succours in question,
now being debated as the order of the day. repair-Remi-
wad-0m: usually regarded as having for its object either 1171!
13013061111! or was m'rrmis, in which case 61m; (preceded by a
comma) would mean 'in order that,' or 'that so. ' This makes
the ae? v clause inordinately long, besides giving an inadequate
sense. Rapidity of preparation could not in itself lead to the
succours consisting of Athenians alone. It is therefore better
to take the clause beginning with (firms as the object of rape-
a'xeudo'aoOaL. Thuc. ii 99 rapeokeudf'ovro 81w: . . e? a'flahoiiinv
(Weil). 'rfiv 'raxto-rqv : cp. 4 ? 23 and 3 ? 2 r-hu 1rpo'n'11v.
19. 811-09 smefimfl the usual Ind. Fut. with firm after
rapaoxevdfcofiai (15 ? 28, 24 ? ? 113, 115), xarao'xevdfl'ea'Oal. (8
? 13), o'KorreTv (2 ? ? 2, 12; 3 ? 1, 6 ? 5, 9 ? ? 29, 51, 63, 69, 75;
14 ? ? 7, 14, 41; 15 ? 30, 18 ? 231, 19 ? ? 250, 262, etc. ) The
Ind. Fut. is adopted by Blass in preference to the Aor. Subj.
'not merely because it is more usual, but also because it makes
better sense. The text represents the succours as about to be
actually sent. ' The Aor. Subj. pfl mien-re can be combined
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? 128 FIRST 0L YNTHIAO I ? 2, 3
with the Fat. Ind. , as in Aristoph. Ecol. 495 ,uxi] Kai TLS had:
6? ? Tllt xii/1. 6V lows Karelrry, and Plato Tim.
