'roi'n'mv: here
certainly
masc.
Demosthenese - First Philippic and the Olynthiacs
an,"
8wixv7mv e Km! 11'); we? Aewg. Dinarchus 1 ? 96 attacks Demosthenes for not
having built triremes (as was done under Eubulus), or docks, or any
building in the Peiraeus or the city, and for not having caused any orna-
ments to be placed in the Parthenon. Cp. Thirlwall v 812, ASchaefer i
2022 1', 13010011 Attische Politik 0. xi, Helm iii 0. 15 n. 5.
1a; 6801's as e? qriwxevdlopev: cp. Aeschin. 3 ? 25 660mm!
in last note, Aristot. Const. of Athens 54 ? 1 KMypofio'z 6e . .
odowoiobs 1re? v-re, 07s rpoare? TaKTai (Sn/Loa'lous e? p'yd-ras Exovo'i
1a; 6601): e? 'rrio'Keudg'ew.
259. Kpfivas, Kai. Mlpovs: [13] ? 30; 'fountains and fooleries'
(K. ), or '1'. and other follies,' the latter term being applied to
extravagant structures in modern times. The fountains (i. e.
the water-supply in general) were ordinarily under the charge
of the Kprrlva e? maehn'rfis, who was necessarily an expert, and
therefore chosen by show of hands and not appointed by lot (note
on Aristotle C'onst. zy' Athens 43 ? 1, where an inscr. of 333 3. 0.
is quoted complimenting Pytheas dpe-rfis e? 'vexa Kai oiKaLomh/qs
'rfis 1repl 'r'hv e? riae'hflav T1311 Kp'rlmfiv).
A povg is an inclusive term contemptuoust summing up all the
prece ing items. Cp. Alexis ap. Athen. 336a 11' 70. 070. quei: quvaMw
diva>> Kain>>, | AuKsZ'ov, 'Axadfiaeiav, 'Qideiov, HiMas, l Afipovs dwivrfiv;
Philostr. vit. A170". 5, 14 Bd'rpaxm. Kai. iii/oi. Kai. Afipol. ypavo'iv 01m.
pam'inai Kai waifiiois (oi. Ain'ainov #17000, Lucian Timon c. 9 ripeniv nva
Kai. avaipa-ra Kai Aripov; nayiikn 'rfi ? owfi Euvu iii/row. Similarly dz)";-
va? oi Dial. Mer. 14, 3, and ? Avapiar Plato 'mg. 4900 m'rt'a. . . Kai.
1ro1'd. Kai i. e. -rpflils Kai. (phvapiag, 519 511:1! o'uxfipovv'ln]; Kai. 8LKaioa1ivrlg
Mne? vwv Kai. vswpiwv Kai. TE'LXIIJV Kai. 416131011 Kai rel-ouer ibMJapuTw inn-e-
rAfiKao'i fiyv min. Cp. Aeschin. 3 ? 101 1iw Klimrov Kai. "his 'rpujpcis Kai
Tip! Magoveiav.
260. rafi'ra. nohi-reuope? vovs: 5 ? 12. (iv Krk: 8 ? 66
1'06er ,ue? v EK 1r'mX15v e? 'moz Taxi) Rhoda-Lou. 71711011104, Kai e? i
iii/wild}. in Kal 6. 86ng glifiOEOl. Kai. 'YVLiIIPL/LOL, 21 ? 189, 23 ? 208 f,
24 ? 124.
261. ix mwxe? iv whatnot (Proocm. 53? 3): people like
Demailes, Eubulus, Phrynon, Philocrates (schol. ); Aescliines
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? III ? ? 29-31 THIRD OLYNTHIAO 215
and his brother may also he meant. ti 6. 56501! lv'rtpot is
also applied by the schol. to ' people like Demades,' who at
present, however, was not an important personage.
262. Zvuol. KT)>>: e. . Meidias olxlav (Jr-oasqu 'Eheuo'iw.
Toaal'rr'qv (bare 75. 17"! grw'xon'iu Toi's e? v Tip" Temp (21 ? 158).
Clearchus ap. Athen. 523A says of the lapyges 'roz'ls 1roMoi'1s
a171th Kahhlovas "His olKias raifioai 763v lepdiw.
263. Ka--rwxevao-pe? vot: Perfects Pass. are often used in
Active sense in Demosthenes, cp. 1 ? 22 e? ipn? wae? voi, 21 ? 171
Kexe? aw'rat xdpw, ? 173 hshlfiaawat Tb Z1r1rLK6v.
? 30 l. 268. 761': "Ev 1rpd. 'r're|. vt the MSS have Tb HEN HPQTON,
'at first,' instead of 'formerly,' cp. l'lato Gorg. 457 E, Isaeus 12 ? 10,
Lycurg. ? 41, Aeschin. 35 25, Xen. Hell. v 4 ? 1, where (as in the text. )
1rp6'repov is preferred by Sauppe. In 6 5 16 vfiv is contrasted with 1. 1
flpaigl. t're? -re pte? v 1rp6xr~rew is, however, preferable; cp. 11. 202 f and
nex no e.
o'rpa-ree? edai x-rh. : the decay of the military spirit is
noticed by Thirlwall v 320, and Grote c. 87 viii 33-9.
269. 6 sfipos--fiv: 23 ? 209 1'6" p. 1v 'yap 6 Sfipos fiv
sea-11'6qu 713v wohvrevope? vwv, V17]! 6' brnpe? ms (l. 275).
271. Kdyunr'q'rbv iv: 9 ? 74; followed by Dat. Exdc'np.
'rt'iv New : va wohareuone? vwv.
272. xdyafioii TLVOS, ' and (in general) any other advantage,'
the last item in the enumeration being here (as in ? 17, 35;
4 ? 32, 36) more generic than the rest.
? 31 l. 274. Bid.
'roi'n'mv: here certainly masc. ; cp. l. 69.
275. basis 8', 6 Mp0s: ? 20, 8 ? 1 {was . . 'rot'rs wohhozis.
e? KVEVSUPW'l-'VOL : lit. ' ham-strung,' ' with your sinews
or tendons drawn or cut out ' ; here a metaphor of ' moral fibre ' ;
sometimes understood of pecuniary resources which are the
' sinews ' of war (so Voemel). It may be rendered 'enervated,'
provided we do not confound vefipov, 1wrmts (the ligamentmn of
Celsus) with the sense applied to ' nerve ' in modern anatomy.
We have the simile corresponding to this Metaphor in Plato Rep. 411:;
gm; av e'x-rq'gg 12w Oun'ov Kai e'x'rc'pxg fua'nep vsfipa. eh: m"; \puxfiq Kai. torrid-g
naAOaxbv lux'm'ra'v. This appears as a 'nu'tnphor in Aristoph. Ran. 862 -r
vcfipo. 14's 1payq? tac, and in inro-re? -rpim-m. 1d vsfipa. 'rvi'w rpaypui-rwv, a phrase of
Demosthenes which Aeschines B ? 166 denounces as portentous; also in
Plut. ii 692 c e? xre? uvew 'rd. vefipa (sc. quou) and Philopomn. 16. The verb is
found in Plut. ii 451 D 06:: s'xvevplcras 01785 e'x-repulw rav-ro'mam. n]: Ivafis'
12, \'lmype-rixe? v, and 755 C 16 'yviwaimov Tale yuvaifi. napade? psv Kai. 1i)
Ben/\ev'rfipiov. :i. nawdnamv Y) mm; e? xveveiipivrat.
Ioanncs Siceliota vi 227 W (following Hermog. iii 236) criticises the. meta-
phor in the text as harsh in sense, e? 1ri Boa'iw yiip Ae? -ys-ral. Tenvops'vmv rev 're'vovru.
'roi; mrovSvMou (the second large vertebra. of the neck), and also as harsh in
expression. Hermogenes himself (iii 226) mentions it among other ' harsh '
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? 216 THIRD 0L YNTHIAC' III ? 31
metaphors, which orMpe? -repov 1mm? er 16v Miyoy, and says (iii 206) mi
Tamika e'vupyfi (' vivid ') [LE'II c'cr-n. Kai. ne'ys00s exov'rli mus, 01'! p. 511! Km9mp4i.
Hence, he adds, they often require ex ilanation, as heree? xvevevape? vm
is explained by arspmpnpe'vm. Xp uwro. a'uppui ovg. reptnp'n-
ue'v0|. , however, implies being stripped of something t at is around one
(21 ? 138, Thuc. iii 11, 3; cp. 18 ? 296 fixpw-rrlpiaape? voi 1d; . . warpidai
' having mutilated the very hands and feet of their respective countries ');
it is here applied to external allies and to contributions coming from a
distance, while e? xveveuptcrpivm. implies that the people are hampered
in their home finance by the squandering of the theoric fund instead of
being able to take the field boldly (partly from Rehdantz).
276. xpfipa-ra. Kat o-uppe? xovs: some of the best Mss,
omitting Kai, present us with an asyndeton of less than three
terms. This is not very common, but is found in 18 ? ? 67, 94,
241 ; 19 ? ? 190, 220 ; 21 ? ? 61, 81 (Voemel). e? v \'nnlpe? rou
K'rX. : 23 ? 210 1'] mith sls furnpe? -rou a'xfipa Kai 76. 5w wpochfihvfis.
(Ev) upon-Mums pe? a: [11] ? 8, [13] ? 31; cp. 2 ? 18
l. 168 e? v 0669169 ,lLe? pfl, an ? 14 l. 128 e? v 1rpoa017k'g.
277. dyuwe? lv'res e? dv pernSl-Se? ic't: cp. l. 271 Kd'ya'rrnrbu fir
#GTahflfiETV, Eubul. Frag. 93 6. 717. va 16 K6. >> some" e? v Teri-rhea
e? 'va. . . 16y, Aeschin. 1 ? 174, 3 ? 20, Aristoph. Vesp. 672.
The Present perufitfie? 'w'l. implies a continuous series of doles
from the theoric fund, while the Aer. re? ptlma'w refers to a
single incident.
278. 8:0 me? iv: for Gen. cp. l. 272. In Demosthenes ,ue-ra-
6166vai is f0 lowed nineteen times by a Gen. , once by an Inf.
(Prooem. 53 ? 4), and only thrice by an Acc. 18 ? 250 To ae? pos
763v ? fi? wu rois didmovo'w ol'; peredlfiors (cp. 25 ? 83), and
21 ? 184 Tui'rT'r}; 066' 61:06? {will heradoiivai. Boqfipdpw.
we? pdma'w, 'attend (marshal, organise) the festal procession of
the Boe? 'olromt'a ' ; Photius s. v. Tre'MTrelN quotes from Menander
mkpd. Havadfivm' brad? ) 6U dyopiis 1re? p. 1rov-rd. as, [ Mooxlwv,
ufi-r-rlp e? dipa 117: der]: e? gb' ap/LGTOS, Philostr. m't. Apoll. 4, 22
6'1"de 'rd. Hava01'paw. rep-1m", Plut. ii 527 D. Cp. 4 ? 29.
The festival of the Boir'dromia. was held on the 6th day of Bo'c'dromion
(Sept. ) in honour of Apollo as a martial god, 'A. Boq8pe? awc. Originally it
commemorated the victory of Theseus over the Amazons (Plut. Tim. 27),
or that of Ercchtheus over Euniolpus (Eur. Ian 59, Suidas and Etym.
Mama) In the latter case the victory was attributed either to Xuthus or
to his son Ion (Harpocr. s. v. e? opn; n; 'A9filmmv 06m Kaonhs'vn, iv ? q? n
@tho'xopos iv 3' vsvohic'eai, c'1rsi8i1 'Imv 6 5069011 e'fiofiomrs o'1rov6fi irohqaou-
pivot: 'Aorlvuiot; inrb EilpMiMrov To") Hoa'erddwos, 'Epexk'ws deiheliovros.
BmpSpopeZv 7&9 'rb fiovfieiv Javounifiro, Tov-re? wrw irrl #dxqv 6qulel).
8wixv7mv e Km! 11'); we? Aewg. Dinarchus 1 ? 96 attacks Demosthenes for not
having built triremes (as was done under Eubulus), or docks, or any
building in the Peiraeus or the city, and for not having caused any orna-
ments to be placed in the Parthenon. Cp. Thirlwall v 812, ASchaefer i
2022 1', 13010011 Attische Politik 0. xi, Helm iii 0. 15 n. 5.
1a; 6801's as e? qriwxevdlopev: cp. Aeschin. 3 ? 25 660mm!
in last note, Aristot. Const. of Athens 54 ? 1 KMypofio'z 6e . .
odowoiobs 1re? v-re, 07s rpoare? TaKTai (Sn/Loa'lous e? p'yd-ras Exovo'i
1a; 6601): e? 'rrio'Keudg'ew.
259. Kpfivas, Kai. Mlpovs: [13] ? 30; 'fountains and fooleries'
(K. ), or '1'. and other follies,' the latter term being applied to
extravagant structures in modern times. The fountains (i. e.
the water-supply in general) were ordinarily under the charge
of the Kprrlva e? maehn'rfis, who was necessarily an expert, and
therefore chosen by show of hands and not appointed by lot (note
on Aristotle C'onst. zy' Athens 43 ? 1, where an inscr. of 333 3. 0.
is quoted complimenting Pytheas dpe-rfis e? 'vexa Kai oiKaLomh/qs
'rfis 1repl 'r'hv e? riae'hflav T1311 Kp'rlmfiv).
A povg is an inclusive term contemptuoust summing up all the
prece ing items. Cp. Alexis ap. Athen. 336a 11' 70. 070. quei: quvaMw
diva>> Kain>>, | AuKsZ'ov, 'Axadfiaeiav, 'Qideiov, HiMas, l Afipovs dwivrfiv;
Philostr. vit. A170". 5, 14 Bd'rpaxm. Kai. iii/oi. Kai. Afipol. ypavo'iv 01m.
pam'inai Kai waifiiois (oi. Ain'ainov #17000, Lucian Timon c. 9 ripeniv nva
Kai. avaipa-ra Kai Aripov; nayiikn 'rfi ? owfi Euvu iii/row. Similarly dz)";-
va? oi Dial. Mer. 14, 3, and ? Avapiar Plato 'mg. 4900 m'rt'a. . . Kai.
1ro1'd. Kai i. e. -rpflils Kai. (phvapiag, 519 511:1! o'uxfipovv'ln]; Kai. 8LKaioa1ivrlg
Mne? vwv Kai. vswpiwv Kai. TE'LXIIJV Kai. 416131011 Kai rel-ouer ibMJapuTw inn-e-
rAfiKao'i fiyv min. Cp. Aeschin. 3 ? 101 1iw Klimrov Kai. "his 'rpujpcis Kai
Tip! Magoveiav.
260. rafi'ra. nohi-reuope? vovs: 5 ? 12. (iv Krk: 8 ? 66
1'06er ,ue? v EK 1r'mX15v e? 'moz Taxi) Rhoda-Lou. 71711011104, Kai e? i
iii/wild}. in Kal 6. 86ng glifiOEOl. Kai. 'YVLiIIPL/LOL, 21 ? 189, 23 ? 208 f,
24 ? 124.
261. ix mwxe? iv whatnot (Proocm. 53? 3): people like
Demailes, Eubulus, Phrynon, Philocrates (schol. ); Aescliines
4* 1';le Wei/X '
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? III ? ? 29-31 THIRD OLYNTHIAO 215
and his brother may also he meant. ti 6. 56501! lv'rtpot is
also applied by the schol. to ' people like Demades,' who at
present, however, was not an important personage.
262. Zvuol. KT)>>: e. . Meidias olxlav (Jr-oasqu 'Eheuo'iw.
Toaal'rr'qv (bare 75. 17"! grw'xon'iu Toi's e? v Tip" Temp (21 ? 158).
Clearchus ap. Athen. 523A says of the lapyges 'roz'ls 1roMoi'1s
a171th Kahhlovas "His olKias raifioai 763v lepdiw.
263. Ka--rwxevao-pe? vot: Perfects Pass. are often used in
Active sense in Demosthenes, cp. 1 ? 22 e? ipn? wae? voi, 21 ? 171
Kexe? aw'rat xdpw, ? 173 hshlfiaawat Tb Z1r1rLK6v.
? 30 l. 268. 761': "Ev 1rpd. 'r're|. vt the MSS have Tb HEN HPQTON,
'at first,' instead of 'formerly,' cp. l'lato Gorg. 457 E, Isaeus 12 ? 10,
Lycurg. ? 41, Aeschin. 35 25, Xen. Hell. v 4 ? 1, where (as in the text. )
1rp6'repov is preferred by Sauppe. In 6 5 16 vfiv is contrasted with 1. 1
flpaigl. t're? -re pte? v 1rp6xr~rew is, however, preferable; cp. 11. 202 f and
nex no e.
o'rpa-ree? edai x-rh. : the decay of the military spirit is
noticed by Thirlwall v 320, and Grote c. 87 viii 33-9.
269. 6 sfipos--fiv: 23 ? 209 1'6" p. 1v 'yap 6 Sfipos fiv
sea-11'6qu 713v wohvrevope? vwv, V17]! 6' brnpe? ms (l. 275).
271. Kdyunr'q'rbv iv: 9 ? 74; followed by Dat. Exdc'np.
'rt'iv New : va wohareuone? vwv.
272. xdyafioii TLVOS, ' and (in general) any other advantage,'
the last item in the enumeration being here (as in ? 17, 35;
4 ? 32, 36) more generic than the rest.
? 31 l. 274. Bid.
'roi'n'mv: here certainly masc. ; cp. l. 69.
275. basis 8', 6 Mp0s: ? 20, 8 ? 1 {was . . 'rot'rs wohhozis.
e? KVEVSUPW'l-'VOL : lit. ' ham-strung,' ' with your sinews
or tendons drawn or cut out ' ; here a metaphor of ' moral fibre ' ;
sometimes understood of pecuniary resources which are the
' sinews ' of war (so Voemel). It may be rendered 'enervated,'
provided we do not confound vefipov, 1wrmts (the ligamentmn of
Celsus) with the sense applied to ' nerve ' in modern anatomy.
We have the simile corresponding to this Metaphor in Plato Rep. 411:;
gm; av e'x-rq'gg 12w Oun'ov Kai e'x'rc'pxg fua'nep vsfipa. eh: m"; \puxfiq Kai. torrid-g
naAOaxbv lux'm'ra'v. This appears as a 'nu'tnphor in Aristoph. Ran. 862 -r
vcfipo. 14's 1payq? tac, and in inro-re? -rpim-m. 1d vsfipa. 'rvi'w rpaypui-rwv, a phrase of
Demosthenes which Aeschines B ? 166 denounces as portentous; also in
Plut. ii 692 c e? xre? uvew 'rd. vefipa (sc. quou) and Philopomn. 16. The verb is
found in Plut. ii 451 D 06:: s'xvevplcras 01785 e'x-repulw rav-ro'mam. n]: Ivafis'
12, \'lmype-rixe? v, and 755 C 16 'yviwaimov Tale yuvaifi. napade? psv Kai. 1i)
Ben/\ev'rfipiov. :i. nawdnamv Y) mm; e? xveveiipivrat.
Ioanncs Siceliota vi 227 W (following Hermog. iii 236) criticises the. meta-
phor in the text as harsh in sense, e? 1ri Boa'iw yiip Ae? -ys-ral. Tenvops'vmv rev 're'vovru.
'roi; mrovSvMou (the second large vertebra. of the neck), and also as harsh in
expression. Hermogenes himself (iii 226) mentions it among other ' harsh '
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? 216 THIRD 0L YNTHIAC' III ? 31
metaphors, which orMpe? -repov 1mm? er 16v Miyoy, and says (iii 206) mi
Tamika e'vupyfi (' vivid ') [LE'II c'cr-n. Kai. ne'ys00s exov'rli mus, 01'! p. 511! Km9mp4i.
Hence, he adds, they often require ex ilanation, as heree? xvevevape? vm
is explained by arspmpnpe'vm. Xp uwro. a'uppui ovg. reptnp'n-
ue'v0|. , however, implies being stripped of something t at is around one
(21 ? 138, Thuc. iii 11, 3; cp. 18 ? 296 fixpw-rrlpiaape? voi 1d; . . warpidai
' having mutilated the very hands and feet of their respective countries ');
it is here applied to external allies and to contributions coming from a
distance, while e? xveveuptcrpivm. implies that the people are hampered
in their home finance by the squandering of the theoric fund instead of
being able to take the field boldly (partly from Rehdantz).
276. xpfipa-ra. Kat o-uppe? xovs: some of the best Mss,
omitting Kai, present us with an asyndeton of less than three
terms. This is not very common, but is found in 18 ? ? 67, 94,
241 ; 19 ? ? 190, 220 ; 21 ? ? 61, 81 (Voemel). e? v \'nnlpe? rou
K'rX. : 23 ? 210 1'] mith sls furnpe? -rou a'xfipa Kai 76. 5w wpochfihvfis.
(Ev) upon-Mums pe? a: [11] ? 8, [13] ? 31; cp. 2 ? 18
l. 168 e? v 0669169 ,lLe? pfl, an ? 14 l. 128 e? v 1rpoa017k'g.
277. dyuwe? lv'res e? dv pernSl-Se? ic't: cp. l. 271 Kd'ya'rrnrbu fir
#GTahflfiETV, Eubul. Frag. 93 6. 717. va 16 K6. >> some" e? v Teri-rhea
e? 'va. . . 16y, Aeschin. 1 ? 174, 3 ? 20, Aristoph. Vesp. 672.
The Present perufitfie? 'w'l. implies a continuous series of doles
from the theoric fund, while the Aer. re? ptlma'w refers to a
single incident.
278. 8:0 me? iv: for Gen. cp. l. 272. In Demosthenes ,ue-ra-
6166vai is f0 lowed nineteen times by a Gen. , once by an Inf.
(Prooem. 53 ? 4), and only thrice by an Acc. 18 ? 250 To ae? pos
763v ? fi? wu rois didmovo'w ol'; peredlfiors (cp. 25 ? 83), and
21 ? 184 Tui'rT'r}; 066' 61:06? {will heradoiivai. Boqfipdpw.
we? pdma'w, 'attend (marshal, organise) the festal procession of
the Boe? 'olromt'a ' ; Photius s. v. Tre'MTrelN quotes from Menander
mkpd. Havadfivm' brad? ) 6U dyopiis 1re? p. 1rov-rd. as, [ Mooxlwv,
ufi-r-rlp e? dipa 117: der]: e? gb' ap/LGTOS, Philostr. m't. Apoll. 4, 22
6'1"de 'rd. Hava01'paw. rep-1m", Plut. ii 527 D. Cp. 4 ? 29.
The festival of the Boir'dromia. was held on the 6th day of Bo'c'dromion
(Sept. ) in honour of Apollo as a martial god, 'A. Boq8pe? awc. Originally it
commemorated the victory of Theseus over the Amazons (Plut. Tim. 27),
or that of Ercchtheus over Euniolpus (Eur. Ian 59, Suidas and Etym.
Mama) In the latter case the victory was attributed either to Xuthus or
to his son Ion (Harpocr. s. v. e? opn; n; 'A9filmmv 06m Kaonhs'vn, iv ? q? n
@tho'xopos iv 3' vsvohic'eai, c'1rsi8i1 'Imv 6 5069011 e'fiofiomrs o'1rov6fi irohqaou-
pivot: 'Aorlvuiot; inrb EilpMiMrov To") Hoa'erddwos, 'Epexk'ws deiheliovros.
BmpSpopeZv 7&9 'rb fiovfieiv Javounifiro, Tov-re? wrw irrl #dxqv 6qulel).
