pdh'
dxprfiris
018a, 'I know well enough'
('only too well'); 8 ?
('only too well'); 8 ?
Demosthenese - First Philippic and the Olynthiacs
ifioe?
vai.
Kurd.
pe?
pos: apparently on the short-service
system proposed in 4 ? 21 ? 1: dzadoxfis dMfiAors.
289. 'ro'is wapwio'u [13] ? 14; e? 1rl 16 13550;, Aeschin.
3 ? ? 145, 159. See note on 1 ? 8 1. 64.
290. 6 Seiv' fi 6 8eiv(a): the orators who were the leaders of
their respective parties. As noted by the schol. , the reference
is mainly to Eubulus (1rpbs Toy Etlflovkov dworelverat 10v rohi'reub-
psi/0v), the leader of the party then in power. In the delibera-
tive speeches Demosthenes never names his opponents; to do
so would have doubtless been considered 'unparliamentary. '
The orator's plea for 'giving every speaker a hearing' clearly
shows that, for the present, he had not attained a position of
commanding influence; in fact, that he was only gradually
securing a hearing.
293. rciv saw wpaypd-ruv, ' the public interests ' or 'the
state as a whole. ' Be? knov . . Ex6v-raw: here, as else-
where (see note at end of 01'. 4), the last words are words of
good omen.
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? NOTES ON THE
THIRD OLYNTHIAC (OR. III)
? 1 l. 1. obxl. Irua'a'rd--Se? ov: the opening words find a parallel in
Prooem. 2 01'1"; moni- 7vyvu30xew J: 6. 'A0. rupio'm-mi p. 01" The whole
ssage is parodied by Lucian Bis Aocusatus c. 26, and imitated by
llust ('at. 52 Q 2 longe mihi alia mans est, P. (7. , cum res atquc pe'ricula
mstm '"' u, et cum - ' " w,>> nwcum ipse reputo; illt~
mihi dissaruisse m'dentur do poem, m 11qu 1mm! aware etc.
WP'G'TGTG' pom, 'it occurs to me,' 6 ? 6. The correspond-
ing Act. is found in 4 ? 17.
2. wpdypaflo. ) and (3) Xhovs are taken up in converse
order by (4) Myovs and (5) rpdypa-r(u. ); cp. ? 13, 6 ? ? 4, 32;
8 ? 66, 9 ? 61.
3. dwoflke? vilm: ? '29, 2 ? 29; here followed by sis varied with
1rp6s, as in Aeschin. 3 ? 168 ; cp. 6 ? 35.
4. mp1 106 npmpfic'ao'em 'IR : Goodwin MT. ? 800 p. 197.
5. 6913 with Part, 6 ? 1, 8 ? 67, 9 ? 3. 1'6. . . 111:6. -
ypwr' 49 T0610 wpofikov'ru: ? 3 l. 33 eis miv wpoehvjhufiev--
n'z 1rap6wa.
6. 81m: pfi rew6pe0(a) . . a-Ke? wlmw'Bm: the ordinary Fut.
Ind. with 51m: in object clauses, Goodwin MT. ? 339; op.
l. 16 and note on 1 ? 21. 19.
7. wenwdpcfla. ) : constructed with xuxe? is, though separated
from it, possibly to emphasise both words, Prooem. 52 ti'ym'lr'rlrbv
. . , 8. 11 81w; ,u'l') 1rela'6006 KaKGJs 5151111005 ? deTTwBaL
8. Se? ov: after div-re, attracted into the participial con-
struction (after 6sz? ) in the principal clause; [10] ? 40 01366 . .
6pm . . ob'fw olaxelnevov . . (Jar-re . . 06 ? ddK_o|/Ta, [61] ? 3,
Isocr. 4 ? 64, Isaeus 9 ? 16, Xen. Cyr. vii 5, 46 (Goodwin
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? 186 THIRD 0L YNTHIAC III ? ? 1, 2
MT. ? 607 a; for other explanations cp. Rchdantz Index 2
s. v. Participimn). otSEv . . We . . fl: nihil aliud quam;
hence some derive the phrase 0066:! dM' fl [7] ? ? 7, 18 ; 8 ? 73),
and the cognate phrase 11 dM' 17; We may either supply 1role'iv
(expressed in 8 ? ? 10, 27, and 9? 2), or regard oz'nSe? v 6. 1M as
used absolutely (like 70. 1le 10910, 6110711 OaTepov). Op. 29 ? 11
qi-llfi'rlv 56711 p. 17 fie'v dhho 10171-00 rpe? repov '5 1031-01! rpoxahouuevos
e? he? 'yfal, 45 ? 23 T! dhh' i) a? div 0. 1,! TL3V Ka-rfi'yopor 767611110111
61; \pczldov-rai; On 6. 701 fi see note on 8 ? 73. r
9. iv tdeeo-w--wapwrdv-res, 'in not laying before you
the true subject of debate,' i. e. a view of the real state of
afi'airs, which may serve as a point of departure for your
deliberations; cp. l. 19 inrofie? aOaL, and 19 ? 242 70178 51mm"
dwa'ya'yt'uv am) r1"): i'nro0e? aews. 6169va is best regarded
as Acc. after wapzardvres, the circumstantial participle denoting
manner (Goodwin MT. ? 836), and not after dpaprravew. The
latter construction would make it necessary to understand
611-6050'"! after the Participle.
? 2 l. 13. Kai.
pdh' dxprfiris 018a, 'I know well enough'
('only too well'); 8 ? 48 Kai mix 6p0? 2vs 60m. e? 1r' e? poii,
'in my own time,' while Athens still held Amphipolis,
Poteidaea etc. ; ? 21, 23 e? 1rl 117:1! rpo'yovwv. next: em,
phatic before mike-t, 'not in a former generation'; whereas
on) mthaz might be understood as ' not long ago,' 'recently. '
14. ye? yovev: not 'have happened,' but (influenced by e? fifiv)
' have been possible. ' threw-par, 'I have been persuaded,'
'am convinced,' Pres. Perf.
15. r090'--eivat: constr. ell/m ZKavbv 'r'mTv rpohafiei'v Tofrro.
wpohafieiv: to secure in anticipation of our opponents,
as in [7] ? 9, 18 ? 224. 'rfiv 1rpo'a-rqv, 'in the first in-
stance' ; 4 ? 23, 3 ? 21 Tip des.
16. limos--(railropwz Fut. Ind. with 81m): in object clause
explaining 7099', the object of wpohafle'iv ; cp. ? 1 l. 6.
17. repl- 'l'Oil---1'P61I'OV, 'the question of the object and the means
of one's (i. e. our) revenge. ' The article turns the uestion into
a substantival clause ; cp. 9 ? 7, 18 ? 1, 37 ? 46 ; T uc. iv 63, 3
wept 'roi; Truwpr'lo'aatial TLVG. 1"]! 0. . . Kai. 8v 'rp61rov: for
the combination of the interrogative and the relative cp. 4 ? 33
a new 01711 xpfiae'ral Kai 1rb-re 'rf] duvet/tel, Thuc. i137 . . Zia-n;
e? a'rl ml 64' d. ? e|. 'r'yn, Isocr. 1 ? 5 . . div xpi'! . . 6pe? yea'0al
Kai Tluwv e? p'ywv dre? xsafiar, followed by 1rolozs Hair and #639,
Aeschin. 1 ? 9 drodelxvval. 'n'pQ'rov My '7)" d'Jpav rpoafixcr. le? vai
. . brews. ae-ra 1rbu'wv Kai run/lira. The relative is 801118-
times used for the interrogative in dependent questions, e. g.
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? III ? 2, 3 THIRD 0L YNTHIAC' 187
1 ? 21 l. 189, 22 ? 72 ol'nc efianhov 5L' (3. 10171" e? roinaas; Prooem.
5 (ich . . rpbonhov 8>> oils . . , Isocr. 13 ? 22 45 dw1rep ail-rt);
s'relo'lhpl ol'h'w rain" e? 'xcw, M8101: oI/mt . . ? avepbv Karaerfiaew
(Karlowa Progr. 1883 pp. 15 f).
18. nptv--inroQe? o'Oau 2 ? 10, 'before we lay the foundation
aright'; Eur. HF. 126 671111 6% Kpmris ,u-h Kamfiknflfi 'ye? vous |
opadis.
20. 10m: :2 the crowning consummation of revenge on
Philip. ovnvofiv wouie'ht Xhov, ' to say a single word ' ;
101. 5001" X67011 20 ? 58, 99; 29 ? 13, 33 ? 26 (of litigation),
54 ? ? 6, 7 ('to take account of'). Here=)\e? 'yew (mofiv. 'Any
verb in Greek may be resolved into the cognate substantive
with WOIGTO'QGL' (Shilleto on FL. ? 104 p. 370), cp. Cobet NL.
257, and Index to Merchant's Thuc. ii.
? 31. 21. Second Prooemium. 6 plv 05v "Pl-ill! ate-1. 96s: 1 ? 2.
(Imp (ns) 'n'o're? =el'1rep 'rzs dhhos : 1 ? 6 el'1rep 1ro1'e? Kai vfiv.
22. throw-080s Kai. Bovhfis: for the collocation of synonyms
cp. 4 ? 3.
24. ixi'iv(o) darepe? i: 2 ? 24 e? xefvo 0avpdfw.
26. <Ka1> wapbv no. 1 e? koe? mv, ' whether as an eye-witness '
(of contemporary events) 'or by hearsay' (of the events of the
past). The order of time is best represented by an inver-
sion :---' both by hearsay and experience ' (K. )
27. m'wonSc, 'I have learnt (like others)': absol. as in
20 ? 13; contrasted with dim) in Thuc. i 73, 2. 763v
wpaypd-rwv, 'our interests,' 5 ? 2. e? mredmwe? vua: metaphor
from the chase, as in 5 ? 27, 14 ? 15, 18 ? 33.
28. fl; pa) Bofihwflcu. x-rk. : 15 ? 1, 23 ? 145, Cic. de San.
64 Athenienscs scire quae recta assent, sulface'rc nolle.
29. Ford. wappqu'fias: see note on 4 ? 51 l. 462 1re'lrapp17-
alaawaz. '
30. 1rou5|uu foils hdyovs: l. 20.
31. 8L6. 706(1'0) : sc. Ae? 'yw rather than brone? vew. that with Ace.
denotes not only the cause or motive ('owing to '), but also
the emi (either the mscqueme or, as here, the purpose).
Shilleto on FL. ? 291 p. 423. two.
system proposed in 4 ? 21 ? 1: dzadoxfis dMfiAors.
289. 'ro'is wapwio'u [13] ? 14; e? 1rl 16 13550;, Aeschin.
3 ? ? 145, 159. See note on 1 ? 8 1. 64.
290. 6 Seiv' fi 6 8eiv(a): the orators who were the leaders of
their respective parties. As noted by the schol. , the reference
is mainly to Eubulus (1rpbs Toy Etlflovkov dworelverat 10v rohi'reub-
psi/0v), the leader of the party then in power. In the delibera-
tive speeches Demosthenes never names his opponents; to do
so would have doubtless been considered 'unparliamentary. '
The orator's plea for 'giving every speaker a hearing' clearly
shows that, for the present, he had not attained a position of
commanding influence; in fact, that he was only gradually
securing a hearing.
293. rciv saw wpaypd-ruv, ' the public interests ' or 'the
state as a whole. ' Be? knov . . Ex6v-raw: here, as else-
where (see note at end of 01'. 4), the last words are words of
good omen.
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? NOTES ON THE
THIRD OLYNTHIAC (OR. III)
? 1 l. 1. obxl. Irua'a'rd--Se? ov: the opening words find a parallel in
Prooem. 2 01'1"; moni- 7vyvu30xew J: 6. 'A0. rupio'm-mi p. 01" The whole
ssage is parodied by Lucian Bis Aocusatus c. 26, and imitated by
llust ('at. 52 Q 2 longe mihi alia mans est, P. (7. , cum res atquc pe'ricula
mstm '"' u, et cum - ' " w,>> nwcum ipse reputo; illt~
mihi dissaruisse m'dentur do poem, m 11qu 1mm! aware etc.
WP'G'TGTG' pom, 'it occurs to me,' 6 ? 6. The correspond-
ing Act. is found in 4 ? 17.
2. wpdypaflo. ) and (3) Xhovs are taken up in converse
order by (4) Myovs and (5) rpdypa-r(u. ); cp. ? 13, 6 ? ? 4, 32;
8 ? 66, 9 ? 61.
3. dwoflke? vilm: ? '29, 2 ? 29; here followed by sis varied with
1rp6s, as in Aeschin. 3 ? 168 ; cp. 6 ? 35.
4. mp1 106 npmpfic'ao'em 'IR : Goodwin MT. ? 800 p. 197.
5. 6913 with Part, 6 ? 1, 8 ? 67, 9 ? 3. 1'6. . . 111:6. -
ypwr' 49 T0610 wpofikov'ru: ? 3 l. 33 eis miv wpoehvjhufiev--
n'z 1rap6wa.
6. 81m: pfi rew6pe0(a) . . a-Ke? wlmw'Bm: the ordinary Fut.
Ind. with 51m: in object clauses, Goodwin MT. ? 339; op.
l. 16 and note on 1 ? 21. 19.
7. wenwdpcfla. ) : constructed with xuxe? is, though separated
from it, possibly to emphasise both words, Prooem. 52 ti'ym'lr'rlrbv
. . , 8. 11 81w; ,u'l') 1rela'6006 KaKGJs 5151111005 ? deTTwBaL
8. Se? ov: after div-re, attracted into the participial con-
struction (after 6sz? ) in the principal clause; [10] ? 40 01366 . .
6pm . . ob'fw olaxelnevov . . (Jar-re . . 06 ? ddK_o|/Ta, [61] ? 3,
Isocr. 4 ? 64, Isaeus 9 ? 16, Xen. Cyr. vii 5, 46 (Goodwin
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? 186 THIRD 0L YNTHIAC III ? ? 1, 2
MT. ? 607 a; for other explanations cp. Rchdantz Index 2
s. v. Participimn). otSEv . . We . . fl: nihil aliud quam;
hence some derive the phrase 0066:! dM' fl [7] ? ? 7, 18 ; 8 ? 73),
and the cognate phrase 11 dM' 17; We may either supply 1role'iv
(expressed in 8 ? ? 10, 27, and 9? 2), or regard oz'nSe? v 6. 1M as
used absolutely (like 70. 1le 10910, 6110711 OaTepov). Op. 29 ? 11
qi-llfi'rlv 56711 p. 17 fie'v dhho 10171-00 rpe? repov '5 1031-01! rpoxahouuevos
e? he? 'yfal, 45 ? 23 T! dhh' i) a? div 0. 1,! TL3V Ka-rfi'yopor 767611110111
61; \pczldov-rai; On 6. 701 fi see note on 8 ? 73. r
9. iv tdeeo-w--wapwrdv-res, 'in not laying before you
the true subject of debate,' i. e. a view of the real state of
afi'airs, which may serve as a point of departure for your
deliberations; cp. l. 19 inrofie? aOaL, and 19 ? 242 70178 51mm"
dwa'ya'yt'uv am) r1"): i'nro0e? aews. 6169va is best regarded
as Acc. after wapzardvres, the circumstantial participle denoting
manner (Goodwin MT. ? 836), and not after dpaprravew. The
latter construction would make it necessary to understand
611-6050'"! after the Participle.
? 2 l. 13. Kai.
pdh' dxprfiris 018a, 'I know well enough'
('only too well'); 8 ? 48 Kai mix 6p0? 2vs 60m. e? 1r' e? poii,
'in my own time,' while Athens still held Amphipolis,
Poteidaea etc. ; ? 21, 23 e? 1rl 117:1! rpo'yovwv. next: em,
phatic before mike-t, 'not in a former generation'; whereas
on) mthaz might be understood as ' not long ago,' 'recently. '
14. ye? yovev: not 'have happened,' but (influenced by e? fifiv)
' have been possible. ' threw-par, 'I have been persuaded,'
'am convinced,' Pres. Perf.
15. r090'--eivat: constr. ell/m ZKavbv 'r'mTv rpohafiei'v Tofrro.
wpohafieiv: to secure in anticipation of our opponents,
as in [7] ? 9, 18 ? 224. 'rfiv 1rpo'a-rqv, 'in the first in-
stance' ; 4 ? 23, 3 ? 21 Tip des.
16. limos--(railropwz Fut. Ind. with 81m): in object clause
explaining 7099', the object of wpohafle'iv ; cp. ? 1 l. 6.
17. repl- 'l'Oil---1'P61I'OV, 'the question of the object and the means
of one's (i. e. our) revenge. ' The article turns the uestion into
a substantival clause ; cp. 9 ? 7, 18 ? 1, 37 ? 46 ; T uc. iv 63, 3
wept 'roi; Truwpr'lo'aatial TLVG. 1"]! 0. . . Kai. 8v 'rp61rov: for
the combination of the interrogative and the relative cp. 4 ? 33
a new 01711 xpfiae'ral Kai 1rb-re 'rf] duvet/tel, Thuc. i137 . . Zia-n;
e? a'rl ml 64' d. ? e|. 'r'yn, Isocr. 1 ? 5 . . div xpi'! . . 6pe? yea'0al
Kai Tluwv e? p'ywv dre? xsafiar, followed by 1rolozs Hair and #639,
Aeschin. 1 ? 9 drodelxvval. 'n'pQ'rov My '7)" d'Jpav rpoafixcr. le? vai
. . brews. ae-ra 1rbu'wv Kai run/lira. The relative is 801118-
times used for the interrogative in dependent questions, e. g.
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? III ? 2, 3 THIRD 0L YNTHIAC' 187
1 ? 21 l. 189, 22 ? 72 ol'nc efianhov 5L' (3. 10171" e? roinaas; Prooem.
5 (ich . . rpbonhov 8>> oils . . , Isocr. 13 ? 22 45 dw1rep ail-rt);
s'relo'lhpl ol'h'w rain" e? 'xcw, M8101: oI/mt . . ? avepbv Karaerfiaew
(Karlowa Progr. 1883 pp. 15 f).
18. nptv--inroQe? o'Oau 2 ? 10, 'before we lay the foundation
aright'; Eur. HF. 126 671111 6% Kpmris ,u-h Kamfiknflfi 'ye? vous |
opadis.
20. 10m: :2 the crowning consummation of revenge on
Philip. ovnvofiv wouie'ht Xhov, ' to say a single word ' ;
101. 5001" X67011 20 ? 58, 99; 29 ? 13, 33 ? 26 (of litigation),
54 ? ? 6, 7 ('to take account of'). Here=)\e? 'yew (mofiv. 'Any
verb in Greek may be resolved into the cognate substantive
with WOIGTO'QGL' (Shilleto on FL. ? 104 p. 370), cp. Cobet NL.
257, and Index to Merchant's Thuc. ii.
? 31. 21. Second Prooemium. 6 plv 05v "Pl-ill! ate-1. 96s: 1 ? 2.
(Imp (ns) 'n'o're? =el'1rep 'rzs dhhos : 1 ? 6 el'1rep 1ro1'e? Kai vfiv.
22. throw-080s Kai. Bovhfis: for the collocation of synonyms
cp. 4 ? 3.
24. ixi'iv(o) darepe? i: 2 ? 24 e? xefvo 0avpdfw.
26. <Ka1> wapbv no. 1 e? koe? mv, ' whether as an eye-witness '
(of contemporary events) 'or by hearsay' (of the events of the
past). The order of time is best represented by an inver-
sion :---' both by hearsay and experience ' (K. )
27. m'wonSc, 'I have learnt (like others)': absol. as in
20 ? 13; contrasted with dim) in Thuc. i 73, 2. 763v
wpaypd-rwv, 'our interests,' 5 ? 2. e? mredmwe? vua: metaphor
from the chase, as in 5 ? 27, 14 ? 15, 18 ? 33.
28. fl; pa) Bofihwflcu. x-rk. : 15 ? 1, 23 ? 145, Cic. de San.
64 Athenienscs scire quae recta assent, sulface'rc nolle.
29. Ford. wappqu'fias: see note on 4 ? 51 l. 462 1re'lrapp17-
alaawaz. '
30. 1rou5|uu foils hdyovs: l. 20.
31. 8L6. 706(1'0) : sc. Ae? 'yw rather than brone? vew. that with Ace.
denotes not only the cause or motive ('owing to '), but also
the emi (either the mscqueme or, as here, the purpose).
Shilleto on FL. ? 291 p. 423. two.
