Mayv'qo'tav: the
district
of Magnesia (59 ?
Demosthenese - First Philippic and the Olynthiacs
Op.
Goodwin 111 T. ? 144. 'The famous Milk [31:11am shows that the
type of coincidence is strong in AavOde, and is not lightly
violated ' (AJP. xii 76). Cp. Curtius Elucidations ? 496 p. 211
Engl. cd. , and Kiihner Gr. Gr. ii ? 482. 15.
97. crvvavfihwu-e (rat's Xpfi/mm) : gnomic Aor. , 'loses at the
same moment. ' pepvfia-Om, with Ace. in 6 ? 30, 18 ? ? 34, 283,
307 ; cp. E1). 3 ? 15 ,uvnhovse? a'a 1a; xdpi'ras, Thuc. i 137, 2
Xiipw drohvfiaeo'flac.
a-vvavfiAi-wa is the reading of 51 01 and B, S and 0 adding a. above
. avvavdM-ias is found in other Mss, and in Rhet. iii 285, viii 556, 640.
But Attic inscriptions, from the fifth century no. onwards, are in favour
of the former. Meisterhans p. 137 2. Op. Soph. Aj. 1049 dvfixwmm.
KG' introduces the application of the simile, as in 4 ? 41.
3 ? 18.
98. rpaypd-rmv, 'political affairs. '
100. wpbs--Kpiverm, 'for every prior event [or 'each of
their previous advantages '] is judged commonly by the last
result' (K. )
101. wpoiiwapgdvruv: 21 ? 35 10? ; 1rpoi1'1rdpxovm v6,uo? s, 18
? 261 and [49] ? 25 16w 1rpoii1r-qp'ype? vwv, Aeschin. 2 ? 140 '7)
(e? 'xfipa) 1rpoii1rfipxe Gerrahois 6K nahaiciw prvwv. rlplN finapae? w
Teen 8; but 1rin is not found as Adv. in Demosthenes, or
in Aeschines, Lysias, Isocrates, or _Isaeus. This is the only
adverbial use of 1rplu found at all in Greek Prose, e. g. Thuc. ii
62 e>> To'is 1rpr X6701: and iii 9 ? UIL/MZXIGV n'yv 1rplv, Kiihner Gr.
Gr. ii ? 461, 6 b.
102. niv hourdv and 103. mi'rr(u. ): the war to be waged
against Philip in conjunction with Olynthus.
105. 6. 1l'01'Pl-\|Ili)}l-? ? G, 'wipe oii',' 'eii'ace,' 61rd pirarfiopiis 11"]:
Knhi'dos', Tfis 'YEVO/le? I/'IIS liKaOapalas 1repl Tip! ea'fifi-ra. (schol. )
Aescllin. 1 ? 179 drown/16. 116110: 1'6. l'nrdpxov'ra. afi'rifi e? 'yxhfi/Lara,
Aristot. Eth. 1W0. ii 3, 8 xahe'rrbv drorplytaa'fiai 10010 n) #1100:
e? 'yxexpwa/Le? vav 14,6 fliqu.
? 12 l. 105. wpoqmipeflu. ) : note on 1. 77.
106. mi: as on similar occasions. roi'rrous : either the
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? 138 FIRST 0L YNTHIAC I ? ? 12,13
Olynthian envoys (possibly present at the debate), or (more
probably) the Olynthians themselves.
107. eI-r(a. ) = Kai aim, 'and in consequence. ' Karo. -
("phi/emu. : 3 ? 8 end.
108. 'rb Kwhiiov, ' that is calculated to impede ' ; Xen. Anab.
iv 5, 20 TI day To Kwhfiov; Baslgew Kr)>>, 'from marching
where he pleases'--even into Attica itself (efiqbr'mws ehre 16. :
'AOfivas schol. ) Op. ? ? 15, 25 ; Goodwin MT. ? 96.
109. ho'ytgmn . . Kat Oeupei: r3 (ivfipes ,AQ'IIVGT-OL is inter-
posed between the synonyms, as in ? 14, and in 4 ? 3, 23 ? 29,
and 18 ? 252 G'Ke? lI/G0'08 . . Kai aewpv'lo'are. It comes after them
in 8 ? 18, 23 ? 122.
110. pe? yas 'ye? yovev K'rh. : 9 ? 21 ,ue? -yas e? x #ucpofi Kai Tamil/oi)
1'06 Km" dpxds <I>Du1r1ros vain-rat.
111. 76 xa-r' dpxds is found in 2 ? 6, 19 ? 303, Ep. iii 2.
Ka'f' dpxds 9 ? 21, 19 ? 87, 23 ? 165, [33] ? 9, 34 ? 12, [61] ? 32.
These are the only exx. in Demosthenes.
112. 'Apathrohw . . (113) Hfisvav: both captured by Philip
in 3157 so. ; HmetSaw-v, in 356 11. 0. ; MeMv-qv, in 353 13. 0. ;
cp. . 71.
114. GmaMas e? 'lre? Bq : 352 11. 0. , to aid the Aleuadae against
the tyrants of Pherae, 2 ? 14, 18 ? 48.
? 13l. 114. @epe? s: taken by Philip in 352 13. 0. , but after-
wards restored to a partial independence; hence the general
term si'rl-pe'lrta'as, 'having ordered matters at. ' Hayes-6s:
the harbour of Pherae (Harpocr. s. v. ), retained in Philip's
possession (? 22).
115.
Mayv'qo'tav: the district of Magnesia (59 ? 108) annexed
by Philip, who intended to fortif it (ib. ) ; he afterwards oflered
to restore it (2 ? 7, 6 ? 22). T e schol. 011 ? 22 implies that
the district included a town of the same name :--1'7 Be? M.
xa'ipa Tu: fiv whna'lov Ge-r'raMas, firelxova'a ark-07s. e? 'an 66 Kal
1rd)": cedar/11,110: al'n-fi . . 6 @lkt-lr-rros . . ? pofipwv eiKofidanuev e? v
ai'rrfi rfi mihu 166v Ma'yw'rrwv. Polyaenus vi 2, 1 speaks of
beacons lighted by Alexander of Pherae as signals 10? : e? v M. ,
and by the latter as signals 1on e? v Hwyao'ai's.
'[The district near the Hellenic site of Argalasti] I take to have been
the district of Magnesia or the city of the Magnctes, where the coins of
that people were struck ; for although this place is scarcely ever mentioned
in history, its existence is proved by Demosthenes, from whom we learn
that it was taken and fortified by Philip, but afterwards restored to the
Thessalians. From a scholiast on Apollonius (i 583), supported by an
ancient author named Cleon, it appears to have been situated in the lower
part of the peninsula, near the gulf, just near the rugged exterior coast. '--
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? I ? 13 FIRST OLYNTHIAC 139
Leake Northern. Greece iv 381. Grote c. 87 viii 56 doubts whether either
the schol. or Col. Leake is borne out in supposing that there was any town
called Magnesia on the shores of the Pagasaean Gulf. ' None such is men-
tioned either by Strabo or by Skylax. ' No such town is mentioned in
Bursian's Geogr. Gr. ii 96 f. The refi'. in Pnpe-Benseler (D. Sic. 14, 86,
Plato Leg. 860 a) belong to another Magnesia.
wdv('ra), 'in short, everything,' ' the whole country. '
116. ii; 994Kqu Nov. 352 13. 0. (3 ? 4).
117. ni'w Bwike? wv: Amadocus, reviously supported by
Athens, became an ally of Philip (Tlieopompus ap. Harpocr.
s. v. . . 8s Kai 11>ther avupax'ria'wv fiXOEV El: 1011 1rpos Kspeo-
Bhe? r'rnv we? hsaov). Cersobleptes was conquered by Philip and
confirmed in his rule over part of Thrace (schol. on Aeschin.
2 ? 81). ASchaei'er i 446--7 .
118. ficree? vnc'e: 4 ? 11, 3 ? 5. Moms: pfiov wav e? 'K
'rfis Vbo'ov (Harpocr. ), 'on becoming convalescent,' implying a
lower degree of health than z'l'yidvas. For the spelling cp.
fadfiios, and [Sahaer in the same line, the latter being possib y
suggested by perms. {art--drire? xhwcv, 'did not lapse into
indolence' ; intrans. , as usual in Attic. 23 ? 105 apes Kepo'o-
flhe'rr'rlv droKlecw, 'incline towards,' 32 ? 26 e? 1ri Tori--mus
(another sense in 55 ? 24 droKhififivai Kepdiuov), Plato Palit.
309E apes 011pub? 11 'rulci ? iicrw, Aristot. Eth. Nic. iv 5, 1 1rpos
'r'nv fihwfiw, and 7, 9 e? 1ri 16 flan-0v.
119. @6669: early in 351 13. 0. (ASchaefer ii 56, 122 2).
'OhvaCoLs e? wqefipqow, 'made an attempt on the Olynthians'
(18 ? 71 ME'Yd-POLS e? mxeipe? v), referring to the short expedition
mentioned in 4 ? 17, not followed by a direct attack until
349 B. c.
Grote c. 88 viii 71 n. , following Bohnecke, understands Em ei'prlaev of
Philip's 'serious attack' on Olynthus. Placing Philip's i1 ness some
time between Nov. 352 and Sept. 351 3. 0. (p. 58), he remarks that it is
hardly reasonable to assign to the interval between Philip's recovery
and his attack on Olynthus, here designated by 61011;, a longer time than
six months. He would then place the attack in the last quarter of 01.
107, 2, or in the first half of 850 n. c. Hartel (Stud'ien p. 81) puts the
recovery 01' Philip in the middle of 351 13. 0. , the attack on Olynthus in
850 5. 0. , and the delivery of 01. i in the latter half of that year. But the
attack mentioned in the text is the same as that in 4 ? 17, and is therefore
earlier than the delivery of that speech (in 851 11. 0. ) Unger (Zeitfolge der
vier erstcn Dem. Reden), placing Ol. iin Feb. 351 n. c. , implies that the attack
on Olynthus was in the immediately previous winter or the previous
summer, the very time when Philip was fully occupied in Thrace. These
opinions are refuted by Baran zur Chronologie der Euboe'isclwn Kr'icges pp.
201--1! .
120. 'Ihhupioi's KGi- Haiovus: first defeated by Philip in
358 3. 0. The Illyrian tribe of Dardani were defeated by his
general, Parmenion, in 356 13. 0. The alliance with Athens made
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? 140 FIRST OLYNTHIAC' I ? ? 13, 14
in the same year by the chiefs of the Paeonians and Illyrians, as
well as of the Thracians, was broken up by Philip. In the
following year there were rumours of his building forts in
Illyria (4 ? 48). ASchaefer ii 27 2. His exploits in Thessaly,
and among the Magnetes, Perrhaebi, Paeonians, and Illyrians,
are eulogised by Isoerates (5 ? ? 20, 21) in 346 13. 0. afrrofi:
separated (for rhythmical reasons) from a'Tpa-reias.
121. 'ApirBBav: king of the Molossians, possibly attacked
by Phili 1n 352-1 B. C-. (ASchaefer ii 123, 424 2). He was the
uncle o Olympias, wife of Philip and mother of Alexander
the Great (born 356 3. 0. ) When expelled from his dominions
by Philip in 343 B. C. he was received at Athens (CIA. ii 115
= Hicks Gk. Hist. Inser. no. 113).
? 14 l. 123. dv 'l'l-S shot: omitted by Cobet here and in ? 19
l. 175, on the ground that dv cannot begin a sentence. But in
Plato Phaedo 87 A we have 11 01711, a>> 4min 6 Reyes, {n d1rlo'1'e'is ;
The usual formula is am 11; dv (3 ? ? 10, 19 ; 6 ? 13, 18 ? 220).
124. viiv: emphatic. win-(e) . . Kai. a! w9-q<r9(e): ? 12
Xo'ylfi'e'rat . . Kal Oewpe'i.
125. wpoieo-Qat: ? 9 l.
Goodwin 111 T. ? 144. 'The famous Milk [31:11am shows that the
type of coincidence is strong in AavOde, and is not lightly
violated ' (AJP. xii 76). Cp. Curtius Elucidations ? 496 p. 211
Engl. cd. , and Kiihner Gr. Gr. ii ? 482. 15.
97. crvvavfihwu-e (rat's Xpfi/mm) : gnomic Aor. , 'loses at the
same moment. ' pepvfia-Om, with Ace. in 6 ? 30, 18 ? ? 34, 283,
307 ; cp. E1). 3 ? 15 ,uvnhovse? a'a 1a; xdpi'ras, Thuc. i 137, 2
Xiipw drohvfiaeo'flac.
a-vvavfiAi-wa is the reading of 51 01 and B, S and 0 adding a. above
. avvavdM-ias is found in other Mss, and in Rhet. iii 285, viii 556, 640.
But Attic inscriptions, from the fifth century no. onwards, are in favour
of the former. Meisterhans p. 137 2. Op. Soph. Aj. 1049 dvfixwmm.
KG' introduces the application of the simile, as in 4 ? 41.
3 ? 18.
98. rpaypd-rmv, 'political affairs. '
100. wpbs--Kpiverm, 'for every prior event [or 'each of
their previous advantages '] is judged commonly by the last
result' (K. )
101. wpoiiwapgdvruv: 21 ? 35 10? ; 1rpoi1'1rdpxovm v6,uo? s, 18
? 261 and [49] ? 25 16w 1rpoii1r-qp'ype? vwv, Aeschin. 2 ? 140 '7)
(e? 'xfipa) 1rpoii1rfipxe Gerrahois 6K nahaiciw prvwv. rlplN finapae? w
Teen 8; but 1rin is not found as Adv. in Demosthenes, or
in Aeschines, Lysias, Isocrates, or _Isaeus. This is the only
adverbial use of 1rplu found at all in Greek Prose, e. g. Thuc. ii
62 e>> To'is 1rpr X6701: and iii 9 ? UIL/MZXIGV n'yv 1rplv, Kiihner Gr.
Gr. ii ? 461, 6 b.
102. niv hourdv and 103. mi'rr(u. ): the war to be waged
against Philip in conjunction with Olynthus.
105. 6. 1l'01'Pl-\|Ili)}l-? ? G, 'wipe oii',' 'eii'ace,' 61rd pirarfiopiis 11"]:
Knhi'dos', Tfis 'YEVO/le? I/'IIS liKaOapalas 1repl Tip! ea'fifi-ra. (schol. )
Aescllin. 1 ? 179 drown/16. 116110: 1'6. l'nrdpxov'ra. afi'rifi e? 'yxhfi/Lara,
Aristot. Eth. 1W0. ii 3, 8 xahe'rrbv drorplytaa'fiai 10010 n) #1100:
e? 'yxexpwa/Le? vav 14,6 fliqu.
? 12 l. 105. wpoqmipeflu. ) : note on 1. 77.
106. mi: as on similar occasions. roi'rrous : either the
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? 138 FIRST 0L YNTHIAC I ? ? 12,13
Olynthian envoys (possibly present at the debate), or (more
probably) the Olynthians themselves.
107. eI-r(a. ) = Kai aim, 'and in consequence. ' Karo. -
("phi/emu. : 3 ? 8 end.
108. 'rb Kwhiiov, ' that is calculated to impede ' ; Xen. Anab.
iv 5, 20 TI day To Kwhfiov; Baslgew Kr)>>, 'from marching
where he pleases'--even into Attica itself (efiqbr'mws ehre 16. :
'AOfivas schol. ) Op. ? ? 15, 25 ; Goodwin MT. ? 96.
109. ho'ytgmn . . Kat Oeupei: r3 (ivfipes ,AQ'IIVGT-OL is inter-
posed between the synonyms, as in ? 14, and in 4 ? 3, 23 ? 29,
and 18 ? 252 G'Ke? lI/G0'08 . . Kai aewpv'lo'are. It comes after them
in 8 ? 18, 23 ? 122.
110. pe? yas 'ye? yovev K'rh. : 9 ? 21 ,ue? -yas e? x #ucpofi Kai Tamil/oi)
1'06 Km" dpxds <I>Du1r1ros vain-rat.
111. 76 xa-r' dpxds is found in 2 ? 6, 19 ? 303, Ep. iii 2.
Ka'f' dpxds 9 ? 21, 19 ? 87, 23 ? 165, [33] ? 9, 34 ? 12, [61] ? 32.
These are the only exx. in Demosthenes.
112. 'Apathrohw . . (113) Hfisvav: both captured by Philip
in 3157 so. ; HmetSaw-v, in 356 11. 0. ; MeMv-qv, in 353 13. 0. ;
cp. . 71.
114. GmaMas e? 'lre? Bq : 352 11. 0. , to aid the Aleuadae against
the tyrants of Pherae, 2 ? 14, 18 ? 48.
? 13l. 114. @epe? s: taken by Philip in 352 13. 0. , but after-
wards restored to a partial independence; hence the general
term si'rl-pe'lrta'as, 'having ordered matters at. ' Hayes-6s:
the harbour of Pherae (Harpocr. s. v. ), retained in Philip's
possession (? 22).
115.
Mayv'qo'tav: the district of Magnesia (59 ? 108) annexed
by Philip, who intended to fortif it (ib. ) ; he afterwards oflered
to restore it (2 ? 7, 6 ? 22). T e schol. 011 ? 22 implies that
the district included a town of the same name :--1'7 Be? M.
xa'ipa Tu: fiv whna'lov Ge-r'raMas, firelxova'a ark-07s. e? 'an 66 Kal
1rd)": cedar/11,110: al'n-fi . . 6 @lkt-lr-rros . . ? pofipwv eiKofidanuev e? v
ai'rrfi rfi mihu 166v Ma'yw'rrwv. Polyaenus vi 2, 1 speaks of
beacons lighted by Alexander of Pherae as signals 10? : e? v M. ,
and by the latter as signals 1on e? v Hwyao'ai's.
'[The district near the Hellenic site of Argalasti] I take to have been
the district of Magnesia or the city of the Magnctes, where the coins of
that people were struck ; for although this place is scarcely ever mentioned
in history, its existence is proved by Demosthenes, from whom we learn
that it was taken and fortified by Philip, but afterwards restored to the
Thessalians. From a scholiast on Apollonius (i 583), supported by an
ancient author named Cleon, it appears to have been situated in the lower
part of the peninsula, near the gulf, just near the rugged exterior coast. '--
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? I ? 13 FIRST OLYNTHIAC 139
Leake Northern. Greece iv 381. Grote c. 87 viii 56 doubts whether either
the schol. or Col. Leake is borne out in supposing that there was any town
called Magnesia on the shores of the Pagasaean Gulf. ' None such is men-
tioned either by Strabo or by Skylax. ' No such town is mentioned in
Bursian's Geogr. Gr. ii 96 f. The refi'. in Pnpe-Benseler (D. Sic. 14, 86,
Plato Leg. 860 a) belong to another Magnesia.
wdv('ra), 'in short, everything,' ' the whole country. '
116. ii; 994Kqu Nov. 352 13. 0. (3 ? 4).
117. ni'w Bwike? wv: Amadocus, reviously supported by
Athens, became an ally of Philip (Tlieopompus ap. Harpocr.
s. v. . . 8s Kai 11>ther avupax'ria'wv fiXOEV El: 1011 1rpos Kspeo-
Bhe? r'rnv we? hsaov). Cersobleptes was conquered by Philip and
confirmed in his rule over part of Thrace (schol. on Aeschin.
2 ? 81). ASchaei'er i 446--7 .
118. ficree? vnc'e: 4 ? 11, 3 ? 5. Moms: pfiov wav e? 'K
'rfis Vbo'ov (Harpocr. ), 'on becoming convalescent,' implying a
lower degree of health than z'l'yidvas. For the spelling cp.
fadfiios, and [Sahaer in the same line, the latter being possib y
suggested by perms. {art--drire? xhwcv, 'did not lapse into
indolence' ; intrans. , as usual in Attic. 23 ? 105 apes Kepo'o-
flhe'rr'rlv droKlecw, 'incline towards,' 32 ? 26 e? 1ri Tori--mus
(another sense in 55 ? 24 droKhififivai Kepdiuov), Plato Palit.
309E apes 011pub? 11 'rulci ? iicrw, Aristot. Eth. Nic. iv 5, 1 1rpos
'r'nv fihwfiw, and 7, 9 e? 1ri 16 flan-0v.
119. @6669: early in 351 13. 0. (ASchaefer ii 56, 122 2).
'OhvaCoLs e? wqefipqow, 'made an attempt on the Olynthians'
(18 ? 71 ME'Yd-POLS e? mxeipe? v), referring to the short expedition
mentioned in 4 ? 17, not followed by a direct attack until
349 B. c.
Grote c. 88 viii 71 n. , following Bohnecke, understands Em ei'prlaev of
Philip's 'serious attack' on Olynthus. Placing Philip's i1 ness some
time between Nov. 352 and Sept. 351 3. 0. (p. 58), he remarks that it is
hardly reasonable to assign to the interval between Philip's recovery
and his attack on Olynthus, here designated by 61011;, a longer time than
six months. He would then place the attack in the last quarter of 01.
107, 2, or in the first half of 850 n. c. Hartel (Stud'ien p. 81) puts the
recovery 01' Philip in the middle of 351 13. 0. , the attack on Olynthus in
850 5. 0. , and the delivery of 01. i in the latter half of that year. But the
attack mentioned in the text is the same as that in 4 ? 17, and is therefore
earlier than the delivery of that speech (in 851 11. 0. ) Unger (Zeitfolge der
vier erstcn Dem. Reden), placing Ol. iin Feb. 351 n. c. , implies that the attack
on Olynthus was in the immediately previous winter or the previous
summer, the very time when Philip was fully occupied in Thrace. These
opinions are refuted by Baran zur Chronologie der Euboe'isclwn Kr'icges pp.
201--1! .
120. 'Ihhupioi's KGi- Haiovus: first defeated by Philip in
358 3. 0. The Illyrian tribe of Dardani were defeated by his
general, Parmenion, in 356 13. 0. The alliance with Athens made
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? 140 FIRST OLYNTHIAC' I ? ? 13, 14
in the same year by the chiefs of the Paeonians and Illyrians, as
well as of the Thracians, was broken up by Philip. In the
following year there were rumours of his building forts in
Illyria (4 ? 48). ASchaefer ii 27 2. His exploits in Thessaly,
and among the Magnetes, Perrhaebi, Paeonians, and Illyrians,
are eulogised by Isoerates (5 ? ? 20, 21) in 346 13. 0. afrrofi:
separated (for rhythmical reasons) from a'Tpa-reias.
121. 'ApirBBav: king of the Molossians, possibly attacked
by Phili 1n 352-1 B. C-. (ASchaefer ii 123, 424 2). He was the
uncle o Olympias, wife of Philip and mother of Alexander
the Great (born 356 3. 0. ) When expelled from his dominions
by Philip in 343 B. C. he was received at Athens (CIA. ii 115
= Hicks Gk. Hist. Inser. no. 113).
? 14 l. 123. dv 'l'l-S shot: omitted by Cobet here and in ? 19
l. 175, on the ground that dv cannot begin a sentence. But in
Plato Phaedo 87 A we have 11 01711, a>> 4min 6 Reyes, {n d1rlo'1'e'is ;
The usual formula is am 11; dv (3 ? ? 10, 19 ; 6 ? 13, 18 ? 220).
124. viiv: emphatic. win-(e) . . Kai. a! w9-q<r9(e): ? 12
Xo'ylfi'e'rat . . Kal Oewpe'i.
125. wpoieo-Qat: ? 9 l.
