lid-(es: the doubt
expressed
here vanishes in the
Olynthiacs.
Olynthiacs.
Demosthenese - First Philippic and the Olynthiacs
rd; irohwetas Smfiv: dependent on ?
aal, 'to break
up the free states,' by transforming them into oligarchies. 8
? 43 7? ); roharelas Kal T'Fls ongoxparlas, [17] ? 10 rd; rah-rein
. . Karahiwo'c, 15 ? 20 TOI'IY 'rc'ts rohzrelas Karahuovras Kai 1. 1. 69-
w'rdv'ras els 6M'yapxlav. Cp. 8? o? xl? sw in 5 ? 10, 16 ? 30, 19 ? 81,
Isocr. 5 ? 43. oi 8 obs . . 1r? 1rop? ev instead of 01 6E
1rpe? o13e1s 1re1ro,u? e? va. ? dis fiaaihe? a, which would have involved a
slight hiatus. The regular infinitival construction after ? a? rl
is thus changed into the exceptional construction with (1)5.
Goodwin M T. ? 753, 2.
Some (e. g. Rehdantz) would even prefer restoring the Infinitive and
supposing d>>; to have come in by mistake from 6;; Baame? a. The same
variation, however, occurs in Isocr. 17 ? 25 ofiros ae? v quzIaOru' 4mm. 115v
' xknuairwv, ? 76) 8' (in 55! ; pa wapli Toni-rev Kouia'acrOal. 16 xpva'iov. In
0 her rallel passag'es 8n in Dem. 22 ? 23 and it; in 27 ? 19 are (as in the
text) istant from t e verb. In 20 ? 135 and 24 ? 204 the clause with an
begins the sentence ; in 16 ? 20 and 19 ? 88 it is in apposition to 701770 in
70610 d)", and in 21 ? 98 it is separated by another sentence from 'rL' Man:
WGRut'herford Classical Review 1896 x 6; cp. Karlowa Progr. 1883 1194).
n Lys. 7 ? 19 Weidner brackets (it; ? mnvl before ldfi- Cp. Am. Jam-n.
Phil. iv 88, 531, xvi 395.
436. npe? crflus Mk: that these negotiations with Persia
were not a mere rumour only is shown by a letter sent by
Darius to Alexander, stating that Philip had entered into an
alliance with Artaxerxes (III) Ochus (Arrian ii 14, 2, quoted by
ASchaefer Dem. ii 33'). Gas : for els or 1rp6s, only found with
the Ace. of persons. fianMo: without the Article, often
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? 122 FIRST PHILIPPIG IV ? ? 48--50
used of the king of Persia. e? v 'IMvpto'is (1 ? 23)--'rnx(-
gel-v: a rumour probably founded on fact. Justin viii 3, 7
(before attacking Olynthus, Philip) per 'regna. vitittit et opulentis-
simas civitates, qui opinionem sererent regem Philippum magnet
pecunia locare ct muros ct civitates et fana et temple facienda
(ASchaefer Dem. ii 27 2).
437. ct St--wepispxdpek: a fresh turn is given to the last
plause, as in? 36 after the last aim, and in 19 ? 73 after the
ast abs.
? 49 l. 439. pewew: metaphorical, as in Plato Rep. 562D
dxpdrou (e'kequplas) #001105, Hor. Odes i 37, 12 fortuna dulci
ebria.
441. e? veipo-rroheiv: with Acc. Aristoph. Nub. 16 empoan
0' Yr'rrous. e? p'qptav--Kmhuo'dv-ruv: 20 ? 74 rolls Kwhzi-
oovras, [13] ? 19 Ti): 'ribv e? uavnwoo/te? vwv e? pnplas ci'n'ohaziwv,
Lys. 12 ? 98 ? 1217;qu 10v e? mKoup'rlo'e? wwv, Isocr. 14 ? 61 and 19
? 29, Thuc. ii 51, 5, supra ? 23 "rip! waparan/Le? vnv, Soph. Ant.
261 0155' 6 Kwhlfia'wv rap-71v. Goodwin MT. ? 840. GP. 1. 314.
442. e? wqppe? vov: 32 ? 10, 37 ? 2; 18 ? 168 e? 1rap0els (of
Philip).
443. m" pe? vrol. . . 061-0>> ya: 49 ? 38 06 ne? vror 066% 7061-6 y'
6450. 0" (the reading of S for 01': ,ue? vroi 1'). Here the Mss
wrongly place 76 after ,iu'vroi, similarly after /. u';, in 14 ? 32,
now corrected into cl 6% M; T6511 1' bwapxbvrwv.
? 50 l. 448. Td--dworrrepei, 'keeps us out of our own' ; 27
? ? 12, 24, 37; 18 ? 13, 31 ? 6, 36 ? 36, 49 ? 2.
449. fiX-Irto'ape? v . . (452) dvayxao'evlo-e? pda: Ind. of direct
discourse retained, as usual, after primary tense (Goodwin
MT. ? 689, 1).
450. 'I'LVGZ eg. Philip, Onomarchus, Cersobleptes, or Chari-
demus. \'nre? p: contrasted with me' fipaiv, 3 ? 12.
("pnfluz sc. rpdEas (25 ? 7), or rpaxfle? vra. (19 ? 241).
451. e? v--Jfip'iv 61rd, 'depends on ourselves,' 'is in our own
hands' ; 23 ? 24, Lys. 25 ? 8, Herod. vi 109. Kdv pfi viiv
GOAwpev, 'if we shall not now be willing,' vim referring to the
time immediately following the present; 'if we are not now
willing' would be expressed by ei ah vfiv e'fle? Xo/uv (Goodwin
MT. ? 444).
452.
lid-(es: the doubt expressed here vanishes in the
Olynthiacs.
453. 6. 1! "61' (MW : resumed from ll. 446 f.
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? 1V ? 50, 51 FIRST PHILIPPIC' 123
454. {adv-? 901), combined with the Perf. Participles forms
a Fut. Perf. (Goodwin MT. ? 80).
456. dm'ivMG): sc. e? 'arai.
457. :6 elBe? vdi: sc. 662.
? 51 l. 459. E16: pe? v 05v : a frequent formula for introducing
the peroration by marking the contrast between the speaker's
attitude and that of others. 063:) followed by re, 18 ? 216,
20? 76, 24 ? 29, 74 etc. d. are: the deliberative (or
parliamentary) speeches previously delivered by Demosthenes
were 0')". 14 1repl rc'bv ova/ropie? v, 15 1'11er rfis 'Podlwv e? heulieplar,
and 16 brre? p Me'ydkorrokire? 'w. The only extant forensic speech
already delivered by himself in a public cause was Or. 20 rpbs
Aerrrlvrlv. 1'pr Xdpw : ? 38 'n'pdr fidovriu.
460. eiMpqv is regarded by Goodwin MT. ? ? 156, 533 as
having 'a sense ap roaehing that of the gnomic Aorist,' and
as therefore followed by the Subj. It seems better to con-
sider werewpe? vos <3, 'I have been and am still convinced,'as
one of the many examples of the retention of the Subj. with
(Sir after a past tense (ib. ? 595).
461. oi'iSe? v {moo-rake? pevos (=01roprpd/aevos Hesych. ), ' un-
reservedly,' metaphor from 'furling sail,' 1 ? 16, 19 ? ? 156, 237,
338; 21 ? 70, 37 ? 48. Isocr. 8 ? 41 ofifie? v brroa'rcihdpevos
dhh' tutu/Eve's.
462. wewappqo'tew l: in the present speech Demosthenes
has expressed himsef with singular frankness and without
resorting to any phrases of apology. His increasing knowledge
of human nature led him to see that in all his subsequent
s eeches such apologetic phrases were indispensable (Rehdantz).
his is the only speech in which he applies to himself the verb
rdppno'idg'opai. He uses phrases, however, such as ,ucrd rap-
pmrias he? 'yew, with an apologetic context in 23 ? 204, 3 ? 3, 6
? 31, and especially 9 ? 3, and more unreservedly in 8 ? 21, 24
and 19 ? 237. iBouMprqv . . dv, vellem, 'I could have
wished (though that is impossible)'; Soph. Phil. 1239 KMew
6. 1! 066' firms e? fiovhop'qv.
463. o'uiquov--dkoikw: Prooem. 23 0'U]J. ? e? p? t r00 rd 6&-
rw'ra. Xe? 'yovros dKozisw.
464. o-uvoio-ov : sc. r6 rd [Se? hrm'r' shrst (or possibly dKoiiew).
Demosthenes expresses a similar apprehension on his own
behalf in 1 ? 16 and 3 ? 32, but never afterwards.
465. noMiii--fiSwv eIXov, 'I should have been far better
pleased. ' Prooem. 23 b iroka 764! an 1'15'011 elxe (Mss, elxor
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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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? 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.
up the free states,' by transforming them into oligarchies. 8
? 43 7? ); roharelas Kal T'Fls ongoxparlas, [17] ? 10 rd; rah-rein
. . Karahiwo'c, 15 ? 20 TOI'IY 'rc'ts rohzrelas Karahuovras Kai 1. 1. 69-
w'rdv'ras els 6M'yapxlav. Cp. 8? o? xl? sw in 5 ? 10, 16 ? 30, 19 ? 81,
Isocr. 5 ? 43. oi 8 obs . . 1r? 1rop? ev instead of 01 6E
1rpe? o13e1s 1re1ro,u? e? va. ? dis fiaaihe? a, which would have involved a
slight hiatus. The regular infinitival construction after ? a? rl
is thus changed into the exceptional construction with (1)5.
Goodwin M T. ? 753, 2.
Some (e. g. Rehdantz) would even prefer restoring the Infinitive and
supposing d>>; to have come in by mistake from 6;; Baame? a. The same
variation, however, occurs in Isocr. 17 ? 25 ofiros ae? v quzIaOru' 4mm. 115v
' xknuairwv, ? 76) 8' (in 55! ; pa wapli Toni-rev Kouia'acrOal. 16 xpva'iov. In
0 her rallel passag'es 8n in Dem. 22 ? 23 and it; in 27 ? 19 are (as in the
text) istant from t e verb. In 20 ? 135 and 24 ? 204 the clause with an
begins the sentence ; in 16 ? 20 and 19 ? 88 it is in apposition to 701770 in
70610 d)", and in 21 ? 98 it is separated by another sentence from 'rL' Man:
WGRut'herford Classical Review 1896 x 6; cp. Karlowa Progr. 1883 1194).
n Lys. 7 ? 19 Weidner brackets (it; ? mnvl before ldfi- Cp. Am. Jam-n.
Phil. iv 88, 531, xvi 395.
436. npe? crflus Mk: that these negotiations with Persia
were not a mere rumour only is shown by a letter sent by
Darius to Alexander, stating that Philip had entered into an
alliance with Artaxerxes (III) Ochus (Arrian ii 14, 2, quoted by
ASchaefer Dem. ii 33'). Gas : for els or 1rp6s, only found with
the Ace. of persons. fianMo: without the Article, often
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? 122 FIRST PHILIPPIG IV ? ? 48--50
used of the king of Persia. e? v 'IMvpto'is (1 ? 23)--'rnx(-
gel-v: a rumour probably founded on fact. Justin viii 3, 7
(before attacking Olynthus, Philip) per 'regna. vitittit et opulentis-
simas civitates, qui opinionem sererent regem Philippum magnet
pecunia locare ct muros ct civitates et fana et temple facienda
(ASchaefer Dem. ii 27 2).
437. ct St--wepispxdpek: a fresh turn is given to the last
plause, as in? 36 after the last aim, and in 19 ? 73 after the
ast abs.
? 49 l. 439. pewew: metaphorical, as in Plato Rep. 562D
dxpdrou (e'kequplas) #001105, Hor. Odes i 37, 12 fortuna dulci
ebria.
441. e? veipo-rroheiv: with Acc. Aristoph. Nub. 16 empoan
0' Yr'rrous. e? p'qptav--Kmhuo'dv-ruv: 20 ? 74 rolls Kwhzi-
oovras, [13] ? 19 Ti): 'ribv e? uavnwoo/te? vwv e? pnplas ci'n'ohaziwv,
Lys. 12 ? 98 ? 1217;qu 10v e? mKoup'rlo'e? wwv, Isocr. 14 ? 61 and 19
? 29, Thuc. ii 51, 5, supra ? 23 "rip! waparan/Le? vnv, Soph. Ant.
261 0155' 6 Kwhlfia'wv rap-71v. Goodwin MT. ? 840. GP. 1. 314.
442. e? wqppe? vov: 32 ? 10, 37 ? 2; 18 ? 168 e? 1rap0els (of
Philip).
443. m" pe? vrol. . . 061-0>> ya: 49 ? 38 06 ne? vror 066% 7061-6 y'
6450. 0" (the reading of S for 01': ,ue? vroi 1'). Here the Mss
wrongly place 76 after ,iu'vroi, similarly after /. u';, in 14 ? 32,
now corrected into cl 6% M; T6511 1' bwapxbvrwv.
? 50 l. 448. Td--dworrrepei, 'keeps us out of our own' ; 27
? ? 12, 24, 37; 18 ? 13, 31 ? 6, 36 ? 36, 49 ? 2.
449. fiX-Irto'ape? v . . (452) dvayxao'evlo-e? pda: Ind. of direct
discourse retained, as usual, after primary tense (Goodwin
MT. ? 689, 1).
450. 'I'LVGZ eg. Philip, Onomarchus, Cersobleptes, or Chari-
demus. \'nre? p: contrasted with me' fipaiv, 3 ? 12.
("pnfluz sc. rpdEas (25 ? 7), or rpaxfle? vra. (19 ? 241).
451. e? v--Jfip'iv 61rd, 'depends on ourselves,' 'is in our own
hands' ; 23 ? 24, Lys. 25 ? 8, Herod. vi 109. Kdv pfi viiv
GOAwpev, 'if we shall not now be willing,' vim referring to the
time immediately following the present; 'if we are not now
willing' would be expressed by ei ah vfiv e'fle? Xo/uv (Goodwin
MT. ? 444).
452.
lid-(es: the doubt expressed here vanishes in the
Olynthiacs.
453. 6. 1! "61' (MW : resumed from ll. 446 f.
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? 1V ? 50, 51 FIRST PHILIPPIC' 123
454. {adv-? 901), combined with the Perf. Participles forms
a Fut. Perf. (Goodwin MT. ? 80).
456. dm'ivMG): sc. e? 'arai.
457. :6 elBe? vdi: sc. 662.
? 51 l. 459. E16: pe? v 05v : a frequent formula for introducing
the peroration by marking the contrast between the speaker's
attitude and that of others. 063:) followed by re, 18 ? 216,
20? 76, 24 ? 29, 74 etc. d. are: the deliberative (or
parliamentary) speeches previously delivered by Demosthenes
were 0')". 14 1repl rc'bv ova/ropie? v, 15 1'11er rfis 'Podlwv e? heulieplar,
and 16 brre? p Me'ydkorrokire? 'w. The only extant forensic speech
already delivered by himself in a public cause was Or. 20 rpbs
Aerrrlvrlv. 1'pr Xdpw : ? 38 'n'pdr fidovriu.
460. eiMpqv is regarded by Goodwin MT. ? ? 156, 533 as
having 'a sense ap roaehing that of the gnomic Aorist,' and
as therefore followed by the Subj. It seems better to con-
sider werewpe? vos <3, 'I have been and am still convinced,'as
one of the many examples of the retention of the Subj. with
(Sir after a past tense (ib. ? 595).
461. oi'iSe? v {moo-rake? pevos (=01roprpd/aevos Hesych. ), ' un-
reservedly,' metaphor from 'furling sail,' 1 ? 16, 19 ? ? 156, 237,
338; 21 ? 70, 37 ? 48. Isocr. 8 ? 41 ofifie? v brroa'rcihdpevos
dhh' tutu/Eve's.
462. wewappqo'tew l: in the present speech Demosthenes
has expressed himsef with singular frankness and without
resorting to any phrases of apology. His increasing knowledge
of human nature led him to see that in all his subsequent
s eeches such apologetic phrases were indispensable (Rehdantz).
his is the only speech in which he applies to himself the verb
rdppno'idg'opai. He uses phrases, however, such as ,ucrd rap-
pmrias he? 'yew, with an apologetic context in 23 ? 204, 3 ? 3, 6
? 31, and especially 9 ? 3, and more unreservedly in 8 ? 21, 24
and 19 ? 237. iBouMprqv . . dv, vellem, 'I could have
wished (though that is impossible)'; Soph. Phil. 1239 KMew
6. 1! 066' firms e? fiovhop'qv.
463. o'uiquov--dkoikw: Prooem. 23 0'U]J. ? e? p? t r00 rd 6&-
rw'ra. Xe? 'yovros dKozisw.
464. o-uvoio-ov : sc. r6 rd [Se? hrm'r' shrst (or possibly dKoiiew).
Demosthenes expresses a similar apprehension on his own
behalf in 1 ? 16 and 3 ? 32, but never afterwards.
465. noMiii--fiSwv eIXov, 'I should have been far better
pleased. ' Prooem. 23 b iroka 764! an 1'15'011 elxe (Mss, elxor
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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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? 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.
