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1. οὗτος (pred.), that man, whom ὁ καιρὸς...ἐκάλει (§ 172.1): cf. § 282.10, οὗτος εὑρέθης. 2. ἃ...ἀκούσατε: relative as obj. of imperative, as we say which do at your peril. For this in οἶσθ᾽ ὃ δρᾶσον; and similar expressions, see M.T. 253. 3. προσσχόντες τὸν νοῦν, atten- tively, cf. animum advertere. 5. τὴν...ἔλιπον, I did not desert my post of devotion to the state, i.e. I was never guilty of λιποταξία here. This military figure was a favourite of Demosthenes. See III. 36, μὴ παραχωρεῖν τῆς τάξεως ἣν ὑμῖν οἱ πρόγονοι τῆς ἀρετῆς...κατέλιπον; XV. 32, 33 (with the figure often repeated); XIX. 9, 29; XXI. 120, λελοιπέναι τὴν τοῦ δικαίου τάξιν. The same figure is seen in ἐξηταζόμην (l. 6), in ἐξήτασαι (§ 197.10), ἐξητάζετο (§ 217.7), ἐξεταζομένην ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν (§ 277.7), and in ἐξέτασις, a mustering (as of troops), a call for (§§ 310.1, 320.10). Here there is always an idea of being counted in on one side or the other of some contest.—εὐνοίας: see note on § 1.2. 6. λέγων...ἐξηταζόμην (see last note), I was found ready (at my post), when the test came, speaking and proposing measures. 8. πολλῷ...ἐμπειρότεροι, far more experienced for the future in the whole administration of the state (πολιτείας).
Demosthenes de Corona. William Watson Goodwin. 1904. Cambridge University Press.
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