'This deprecatory tone deserves
notice, and the difficulty which the speaker anticipates in
obtaining a hearing,' Grote c.
notice, and the difficulty which the speaker anticipates in
obtaining a hearing,' Grote c.
Demosthenese - First Philippic and the Olynthiacs
105.
Kat'rol.
no.
1.
70010: 18 ?
123; Kai 'ydp Tofi'ro
(19 ? 314); Kai 'yl'zp at? 10010 (21 ? 167). at 'n 1rd00i: cp.
l. 101.
106. 1'6 1'6}; 'fl'IX'I'IS: ? 45, Thuc. iv 18, 2, vii 61, 2. Op. iii
59, 1 Ta 7% frrn? op? ns, ? 28 Ta n31! xpnadv-wv. Ta T1"); Trixns'
serves as a peripln'asis for 1'7 rzix'r] better than Ta 'rfis Texas.
The P1. occurs in 1 ? 4 1d 106 1ro)\e? ,u,ou and ? 22 16. 11? ; 1,1095%.
fie? kriov: sc. e? moehei'rai. Thuc. i 82, 2 . . Ho'oi (IIO'TI'GP
Kai fine-7s inr' 'A017valwu e? mfiouhevbp-efla . . , and iii 67, 5 fill a!
inc/Loves, Ibo-rep vfiv i'l/Leis . . rmfio'mrfle. For the sense cp.
Eupolis ap. Athen. 425 B 45 16M: mihs, I 411s eli'rvx'hs e2 aiMav
5) Icath ? poveTs. Aristoph. Nubcs 587 ? ourl 'yap anagram" |
T556 175 mike. rpoosivaz, TaU-ra. [xiv-1'01. Tor): 0601); [ 1171' a>> 15,1162:
e? Eapdp-rn-r' e? 1rl Ta fie? hnov Tpe? rew, Bed. 474 50" 8m oil/6111' i)
,ua'bpa. Bovhevo'o'meaa, ] draw'r' e? 1rl Tb fie? hrwv 1'7,u. '[v fwupe? pew: cp.
2 ? ? 1, 22. The scholiast on the former passage of Aristophanes
records the legend that, thn Poseidon was vanquished by
Athena in the contest for the possession of Attica, Poseidon
inflicted on the land the curse of evil counsel, while Athene
granted the blessing of turning the evil counsel to good effect.
107. 1067(0) : Ta 'n'afie'iv Tl. <I>Du1r1rom
108. 1100' (in, 'you may be sure that,' referring mainly to
the second of the two following clauses, the clause containing
[in being best rendered by ' while. ' while-(ow: ? 5 rapot'm.
8v'res = cl el'nre.
109. {iv belongs to e? mardwes as well as Ecol/(fia'aw'fic, 'you
would step in, while things were in confusion, and manage
them as you pleased. ' imrrdwes: Isocr. 8? 41 e? $al? mys
e? mo'n'u 'ro'is 7L'yvohe? vozs.
111. Stadv'rmv, ' offered ' ; 7 ? 2 13/1711 516a:on e? avTofi ol'nrav.
'Anqatwohw : this important town, which commanded the only
easy communication between the Strymonic Gulf and the plains
of Macedonia, had been colonised by Athens in 437 11. 0. and
captured by Sparta in 424 3. 0. It had been declared a free
city by Philip on his accession in 359 B. c. , but in 357 13. 0. it
was permanently annexed to his dominions. Philip had pro-
mised to aid the Athenians by surrendering Amphipolis in
exchange for Pydna, and the Athenians had accordingly failed
to aid the citizens of Amphipolis in their resistance to Philip
(1 ? 8). See Introduction, pp. xxxv-xl.
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? IV ? ? 12--14 FIRST . PHILIPPIC' ' 83
112. dmmflvot: paxpctv 5111's: (Hesychins), Kexwpw'ue? voz
(schol), dre? vres (? 5); 'fwr removed (as you are) both with
your forces and your counsels. ' 18 ? 59 mt ,ue Mae; bvroMfin
draprc'iv 'rbv Myyov n'y's 7pa? fis, Thuc. vi 21, 2.
113. rats yve? pnts: [10] ? 1 10. 2; 'yvabuazsj/Lcis defleo'rfiKa-re
'rdiv 1rpa'ymi'rwv, contrasted with 2 ? 12 '1];va . A . (iv-raw e? 1rl
102's 1rpd'y/mmv, and 15 ? 11 Ti]: 16160;; 017017: e? 1rl 'rwv rpa'y/rdrwv.
? 13 l. 114. Set--ifotpms = fie? e? 0e? )\eul draw-rag 1rozeTv e? -roinws
1d rpoafixov-ra. Cp. 3 ? 7, 15 ? 1 (Straws: 1'11deva e? 'vaxb-res
,um 80min, 18 ? 95 filmipxew 616610; or (18 ? 228) e? 'vavme? uous,
Prooem. 27.
115. Gas e? gvmxd'row {apiw Kat renewpe? vwv, 'believing you
are convince and satisfied' (K. ) Generally understood as the'
result of the previous argument. It has, however, been suggested
that it may imply a formal \pwuma to this effect, cp. 3 ? 10
(in 522' flonfleiv rdv-res e? 'yvu'mauev (Hartel Dem. Antrd'ge p.
524 n. )
118. rpm-ypxi'mv, 'difiiculties,' 'troubles. '
119. 800v . . oiiwwq-s: so. ded'gm a>> oi'opat.
120. dv goes with wapaaxevao'Ofivaa.
121. K01. Sfi = 17617 (Hesychius), 2 ? 13, 5 ? 9 ,ue? vov 8v 7031'
el'lrdw 5n, Kai 61'7 1repl Gm rapekfikuh e? pe? i.
122. 'roc'oii'rov, ? 23, = 10001710 #611011.
? 141. 123. Kptvwre: the Aor. denotes the single and final
act of decision, when all has been heard; while the Present
wpokapfidvere (so. To Kpi'vat) denotes the continuous feeling of
prejudice during the delivery of the speech. Thuc. iii 38,
Aristoph. 14/3. 1239. pfi: without Kai preceding; cp. 8 ? 57,
with 06x! 9 ? 51. 1rp6-repov: pleonastic, as in Thuc.
vi 57, 2 and viii 66, 1.
'This deprecatory tone deserves
notice, and the difficulty which the speaker anticipates in
obtaining a hearing,' Grote c. 87 viii 63 n.
124. Kuwfiv napacxcvfiv: an armament which is entirely
mm: and will therefore take time to get ready; hence dwa-
fldMew . . rd. wpdy/ra-ra, 'to delay operations. ' :g ipxfis
Kmvfiv go together (Hartel Dem. Antrdge p. 527). Other
explanations of Kawfiv are parem 'rebus cum successu geremlis
(GHSchaefer); or one that BIGMETVGL fivvvjrre-raz and a'w/exu'is
woke-mini ? 19, in contrast with the usual hasty flofigeuu
(Heslop).
125. Myew, 'propose. ' fivaBe? Mew, 'put off,' 'delay' ,-
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? 34 ' FIRST PHILIPPIC' IV ? 14, 15
Act. in 8 ? 52, 9 ? 14 ; often in Mid. as in ? 38, 3 ? 9. Medium
de it's poni m'dctur, qui ipsi mm aliquam deferqu ,- Actimtm de
it's, qml al'ios rcmomntur 04 ab agenda prohibent (Engelhardt
Obs. in Dem. p. 36).
126. 01': yep ot " TGX1'J " Mk, 'it is not those who (ere now)
cry "quickly" or " to-day" that speak most to the purpose. "
Grote (viii 62) misunderstands the sense in his rendering--' nor
is extemporaneous speech the best way of providing remedies
for the difficult future. ' The eight lines 126--33 06 yew--Kama":
recur (with slight alterations} in Prooem. 21 pp. 1432 f.
127. ct: Se? ov : ? 40, 3 ? 28 ; ' seasonably,' 'to the purpose ' ;
op. 20 ? ? 26, 41 'conveuient' ; Herod. i 119, 186 ult.
128. 1'6. 1' 1181] yeyevque? va: 76 placed between the Article
and Participle emphasises the latter, as in 1 ? 2, 3 ? 14, 16 ? 8
10F; '76 . . gerao'xoiia'c n31! Kin/617111. 011. Boqeefi}, 'a hasty
levy'; ? 32 18011051111; opposed to rapaaxevi cruvexe'i. 'rfi
vuvl Boqutq. has a. rhythmical correspondence with Kwhfiaaa
duvneei/Lev.
129. Suvqeeipev: n is usually dropped in penult. of Dual and
P1. of the Opt. of the Present Act. of Verbs in /. u. : it may also be
dropped in the Second Am: Act", and both Aorists Pass. It is
retained in dva-yxaa'flelnnev Plato Symp. 219 E, and dropped in
dva'yxao0eT/16v Isocr. Paneg. ? 99. Bouhnfieln/ch and flouhndei'uev
are found side by side in Plato Ale. i 111 DE. In Prose the
Mss vary, but in Attic Verse the evidence is strongly in favour
of the short forms, ? af71pLEV in Eur. Ion 943 being exceptional.
Probably the short forms alone were recognised in Early Attic
(cp. Kiihner Gr. Gr. I ii pp. 702 f, and Rutherford's New
Phrynichus pp. 451 f).
? 15 l. 129. 8s av Seth]: so. 0610; els 5e? ov he? gei. 1ropt-
a-Beio'u: construed with 1rdo'q and 11'6661', as well as with rfis.
These three points correspond to the three in ? 13, 'rov -rp61rov,
16 106700;, and mipous xpnad-rwv. De Symmo'm'is (354 13. 0. ) 14
? 2 Ti: rapaaxeuiy Kat 'n'e? d'q Kal'. #60511 ropzodefo'a.
131. has (iv: especially with Aor. Subj. , referring to the
future, and dependent on a verb in future time (Goodwin MT. -
? 614, 2).
132. oil'ra), 'in that case'; ? uhdrrovres 'r'lyv 'ru'iv roheplwv
? ? 060v (schol. ), = el 1'04an 615110. va 1ropwa? ,u60a, a virtual pro-
tasis to the apodosis ol'me? n . . rddxomeu dv (Goodwin IIIT.
? 472).
133. 1'06 hon-1'00: Gen. Of Time ; Herod. vi 12 T01? homo? ) ,ui)
WELOdmeGo. ail-1'00.
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? IV ? 15, 16 FIRST PHILIPPIG 85
134. in) Kmh'mv: connected with the previous Infinitive,
not the previous Indicative ; hence mi.
135. twawme-rat: there is no sufficient reason for re-
garding e? vra'yye? Meo'flai as limited to vain-glorious assertions
incapable of realisation, and {/maxvefofiat to promises certain
to be fulfilled. The former, however, implies a spontaneous
offer. The corresponding substantives are treated us synonyms
in 19 ? 178 111? : inroo'xe? o'so't Kal. 101's e'ra'yye? huao'i. irll'd-
o-xeo'ls: contrasted with 11-95mm, the latter being the 'per-
formance' or realisation of the promise in the detailed scheme
which follows.
136. as": ? 8 l. 82. 'rbv 9. qu So'w'et, 'the perform-
ance (of my promise) will supply the test,' or 'proof'; a
forensic metap or (op. 29 ? 39 16 1rpd'yy. ' oi'm d'yuv El: {M'yxov
by-rifw, [49] ? 55, of a slave claimed for the test of torture, e'v
11;: aim-oi) 6e? p,u. a-n 'rov e? 'he'yxov 616611011, Prooem. 49 ? 2 I'm . .
1rp00up. 6'repov 1rpd'r'r'm'e, (bi {M'wa 5e5wx61-a). The metaphor
is kept up in KpLle. . . ? oco'0e'. The orator's confidence
is well expressed in the three short and sharp sentences which
close this part of his speech. The passage is imitated by Lucian
Rhct. Praec. 4 1'1 new 517 bwre? o'xeots oil'rw ae-yqu, and by Hermog.
iii 193.
? 16 l. 138. 'rptfipets wmfixom: the number is small in
comparison with the normal total of the Athenian fleet,
reckoned by Demosthenes at 300 triremes in 354 11. 0. (14
? ? 13, 20, 29), and reaching 383 in an inscription 0f 356~5
B. C. (Boeckh Secwesen pp. 79, 311 ; cp. Publ. Econ. iv e. 21).
But the orator's proposal refers solely to ships to be made
realdy for immediate service, and to be manned by citizens
on y.
139.
(19 ? 314); Kai 'yl'zp at? 10010 (21 ? 167). at 'n 1rd00i: cp.
l. 101.
106. 1'6 1'6}; 'fl'IX'I'IS: ? 45, Thuc. iv 18, 2, vii 61, 2. Op. iii
59, 1 Ta 7% frrn? op? ns, ? 28 Ta n31! xpnadv-wv. Ta T1"); Trixns'
serves as a peripln'asis for 1'7 rzix'r] better than Ta 'rfis Texas.
The P1. occurs in 1 ? 4 1d 106 1ro)\e? ,u,ou and ? 22 16. 11? ; 1,1095%.
fie? kriov: sc. e? moehei'rai. Thuc. i 82, 2 . . Ho'oi (IIO'TI'GP
Kai fine-7s inr' 'A017valwu e? mfiouhevbp-efla . . , and iii 67, 5 fill a!
inc/Loves, Ibo-rep vfiv i'l/Leis . . rmfio'mrfle. For the sense cp.
Eupolis ap. Athen. 425 B 45 16M: mihs, I 411s eli'rvx'hs e2 aiMav
5) Icath ? poveTs. Aristoph. Nubcs 587 ? ourl 'yap anagram" |
T556 175 mike. rpoosivaz, TaU-ra. [xiv-1'01. Tor): 0601); [ 1171' a>> 15,1162:
e? Eapdp-rn-r' e? 1rl Ta fie? hnov Tpe? rew, Bed. 474 50" 8m oil/6111' i)
,ua'bpa. Bovhevo'o'meaa, ] draw'r' e? 1rl Tb fie? hrwv 1'7,u. '[v fwupe? pew: cp.
2 ? ? 1, 22. The scholiast on the former passage of Aristophanes
records the legend that, thn Poseidon was vanquished by
Athena in the contest for the possession of Attica, Poseidon
inflicted on the land the curse of evil counsel, while Athene
granted the blessing of turning the evil counsel to good effect.
107. 1067(0) : Ta 'n'afie'iv Tl. <I>Du1r1rom
108. 1100' (in, 'you may be sure that,' referring mainly to
the second of the two following clauses, the clause containing
[in being best rendered by ' while. ' while-(ow: ? 5 rapot'm.
8v'res = cl el'nre.
109. {iv belongs to e? mardwes as well as Ecol/(fia'aw'fic, 'you
would step in, while things were in confusion, and manage
them as you pleased. ' imrrdwes: Isocr. 8? 41 e? $al? mys
e? mo'n'u 'ro'is 7L'yvohe? vozs.
111. Stadv'rmv, ' offered ' ; 7 ? 2 13/1711 516a:on e? avTofi ol'nrav.
'Anqatwohw : this important town, which commanded the only
easy communication between the Strymonic Gulf and the plains
of Macedonia, had been colonised by Athens in 437 11. 0. and
captured by Sparta in 424 3. 0. It had been declared a free
city by Philip on his accession in 359 B. c. , but in 357 13. 0. it
was permanently annexed to his dominions. Philip had pro-
mised to aid the Athenians by surrendering Amphipolis in
exchange for Pydna, and the Athenians had accordingly failed
to aid the citizens of Amphipolis in their resistance to Philip
(1 ? 8). See Introduction, pp. xxxv-xl.
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? IV ? ? 12--14 FIRST . PHILIPPIC' ' 83
112. dmmflvot: paxpctv 5111's: (Hesychins), Kexwpw'ue? voz
(schol), dre? vres (? 5); 'fwr removed (as you are) both with
your forces and your counsels. ' 18 ? 59 mt ,ue Mae; bvroMfin
draprc'iv 'rbv Myyov n'y's 7pa? fis, Thuc. vi 21, 2.
113. rats yve? pnts: [10] ? 1 10. 2; 'yvabuazsj/Lcis defleo'rfiKa-re
'rdiv 1rpa'ymi'rwv, contrasted with 2 ? 12 '1];va . A . (iv-raw e? 1rl
102's 1rpd'y/mmv, and 15 ? 11 Ti]: 16160;; 017017: e? 1rl 'rwv rpa'y/rdrwv.
? 13 l. 114. Set--ifotpms = fie? e? 0e? )\eul draw-rag 1rozeTv e? -roinws
1d rpoafixov-ra. Cp. 3 ? 7, 15 ? 1 (Straws: 1'11deva e? 'vaxb-res
,um 80min, 18 ? 95 filmipxew 616610; or (18 ? 228) e? 'vavme? uous,
Prooem. 27.
115. Gas e? gvmxd'row {apiw Kat renewpe? vwv, 'believing you
are convince and satisfied' (K. ) Generally understood as the'
result of the previous argument. It has, however, been suggested
that it may imply a formal \pwuma to this effect, cp. 3 ? 10
(in 522' flonfleiv rdv-res e? 'yvu'mauev (Hartel Dem. Antrd'ge p.
524 n. )
118. rpm-ypxi'mv, 'difiiculties,' 'troubles. '
119. 800v . . oiiwwq-s: so. ded'gm a>> oi'opat.
120. dv goes with wapaaxevao'Ofivaa.
121. K01. Sfi = 17617 (Hesychius), 2 ? 13, 5 ? 9 ,ue? vov 8v 7031'
el'lrdw 5n, Kai 61'7 1repl Gm rapekfikuh e? pe? i.
122. 'roc'oii'rov, ? 23, = 10001710 #611011.
? 141. 123. Kptvwre: the Aor. denotes the single and final
act of decision, when all has been heard; while the Present
wpokapfidvere (so. To Kpi'vat) denotes the continuous feeling of
prejudice during the delivery of the speech. Thuc. iii 38,
Aristoph. 14/3. 1239. pfi: without Kai preceding; cp. 8 ? 57,
with 06x! 9 ? 51. 1rp6-repov: pleonastic, as in Thuc.
vi 57, 2 and viii 66, 1.
'This deprecatory tone deserves
notice, and the difficulty which the speaker anticipates in
obtaining a hearing,' Grote c. 87 viii 63 n.
124. Kuwfiv napacxcvfiv: an armament which is entirely
mm: and will therefore take time to get ready; hence dwa-
fldMew . . rd. wpdy/ra-ra, 'to delay operations. ' :g ipxfis
Kmvfiv go together (Hartel Dem. Antrdge p. 527). Other
explanations of Kawfiv are parem 'rebus cum successu geremlis
(GHSchaefer); or one that BIGMETVGL fivvvjrre-raz and a'w/exu'is
woke-mini ? 19, in contrast with the usual hasty flofigeuu
(Heslop).
125. Myew, 'propose. ' fivaBe? Mew, 'put off,' 'delay' ,-
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? 34 ' FIRST PHILIPPIC' IV ? 14, 15
Act. in 8 ? 52, 9 ? 14 ; often in Mid. as in ? 38, 3 ? 9. Medium
de it's poni m'dctur, qui ipsi mm aliquam deferqu ,- Actimtm de
it's, qml al'ios rcmomntur 04 ab agenda prohibent (Engelhardt
Obs. in Dem. p. 36).
126. 01': yep ot " TGX1'J " Mk, 'it is not those who (ere now)
cry "quickly" or " to-day" that speak most to the purpose. "
Grote (viii 62) misunderstands the sense in his rendering--' nor
is extemporaneous speech the best way of providing remedies
for the difficult future. ' The eight lines 126--33 06 yew--Kama":
recur (with slight alterations} in Prooem. 21 pp. 1432 f.
127. ct: Se? ov : ? 40, 3 ? 28 ; ' seasonably,' 'to the purpose ' ;
op. 20 ? ? 26, 41 'conveuient' ; Herod. i 119, 186 ult.
128. 1'6. 1' 1181] yeyevque? va: 76 placed between the Article
and Participle emphasises the latter, as in 1 ? 2, 3 ? 14, 16 ? 8
10F; '76 . . gerao'xoiia'c n31! Kin/617111. 011. Boqeefi}, 'a hasty
levy'; ? 32 18011051111; opposed to rapaaxevi cruvexe'i. 'rfi
vuvl Boqutq. has a. rhythmical correspondence with Kwhfiaaa
duvneei/Lev.
129. Suvqeeipev: n is usually dropped in penult. of Dual and
P1. of the Opt. of the Present Act. of Verbs in /. u. : it may also be
dropped in the Second Am: Act", and both Aorists Pass. It is
retained in dva-yxaa'flelnnev Plato Symp. 219 E, and dropped in
dva'yxao0eT/16v Isocr. Paneg. ? 99. Bouhnfieln/ch and flouhndei'uev
are found side by side in Plato Ale. i 111 DE. In Prose the
Mss vary, but in Attic Verse the evidence is strongly in favour
of the short forms, ? af71pLEV in Eur. Ion 943 being exceptional.
Probably the short forms alone were recognised in Early Attic
(cp. Kiihner Gr. Gr. I ii pp. 702 f, and Rutherford's New
Phrynichus pp. 451 f).
? 15 l. 129. 8s av Seth]: so. 0610; els 5e? ov he? gei. 1ropt-
a-Beio'u: construed with 1rdo'q and 11'6661', as well as with rfis.
These three points correspond to the three in ? 13, 'rov -rp61rov,
16 106700;, and mipous xpnad-rwv. De Symmo'm'is (354 13. 0. ) 14
? 2 Ti: rapaaxeuiy Kat 'n'e? d'q Kal'. #60511 ropzodefo'a.
131. has (iv: especially with Aor. Subj. , referring to the
future, and dependent on a verb in future time (Goodwin MT. -
? 614, 2).
132. oil'ra), 'in that case'; ? uhdrrovres 'r'lyv 'ru'iv roheplwv
? ? 060v (schol. ), = el 1'04an 615110. va 1ropwa? ,u60a, a virtual pro-
tasis to the apodosis ol'me? n . . rddxomeu dv (Goodwin IIIT.
? 472).
133. 1'06 hon-1'00: Gen. Of Time ; Herod. vi 12 T01? homo? ) ,ui)
WELOdmeGo. ail-1'00.
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? IV ? 15, 16 FIRST PHILIPPIG 85
134. in) Kmh'mv: connected with the previous Infinitive,
not the previous Indicative ; hence mi.
135. twawme-rat: there is no sufficient reason for re-
garding e? vra'yye? Meo'flai as limited to vain-glorious assertions
incapable of realisation, and {/maxvefofiat to promises certain
to be fulfilled. The former, however, implies a spontaneous
offer. The corresponding substantives are treated us synonyms
in 19 ? 178 111? : inroo'xe? o'so't Kal. 101's e'ra'yye? huao'i. irll'd-
o-xeo'ls: contrasted with 11-95mm, the latter being the 'per-
formance' or realisation of the promise in the detailed scheme
which follows.
136. as": ? 8 l. 82. 'rbv 9. qu So'w'et, 'the perform-
ance (of my promise) will supply the test,' or 'proof'; a
forensic metap or (op. 29 ? 39 16 1rpd'yy. ' oi'm d'yuv El: {M'yxov
by-rifw, [49] ? 55, of a slave claimed for the test of torture, e'v
11;: aim-oi) 6e? p,u. a-n 'rov e? 'he'yxov 616611011, Prooem. 49 ? 2 I'm . .
1rp00up. 6'repov 1rpd'r'r'm'e, (bi {M'wa 5e5wx61-a). The metaphor
is kept up in KpLle. . . ? oco'0e'. The orator's confidence
is well expressed in the three short and sharp sentences which
close this part of his speech. The passage is imitated by Lucian
Rhct. Praec. 4 1'1 new 517 bwre? o'xeots oil'rw ae-yqu, and by Hermog.
iii 193.
? 16 l. 138. 'rptfipets wmfixom: the number is small in
comparison with the normal total of the Athenian fleet,
reckoned by Demosthenes at 300 triremes in 354 11. 0. (14
? ? 13, 20, 29), and reaching 383 in an inscription 0f 356~5
B. C. (Boeckh Secwesen pp. 79, 311 ; cp. Publ. Econ. iv e. 21).
But the orator's proposal refers solely to ships to be made
realdy for immediate service, and to be manned by citizens
on y.
139.
