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τὸν ἄρχοντα—ἐπιμελεῖσθαι § 33 ὅσα δ᾽ εἰς ἐπικλήρους, πρὸς τὸν ἄρχοντα. περὶ τοῦ τί χρὴ παθεῖν De Cor. § 1 περὶ τοῦ πῶς ἀκούειν ὑμᾶς ἑμοῦ δεῖ. τῷ δ᾽ ἑπεξιόντι κ.τ.λ. We gain from this passage the important information, that the process before the arehon in such cases was by εἰσαγγελἰα (Or. 34 § 50), and that no penalty attended the failure of the prosecution, like the χίλιαι δραχμαί in the ordinary courts. The meaning is, that if he could have sustained the charge, the plaintiff would certainly have preferred a court where there was no risk. See Boeckh, P. E. p. 357. [Similarly, in cases of γονέων κάκωσις, Aristot. Const. Ath. 56 § 6 αὗται δέ εἰσιν ἀζήμιοι τῷ βουλομένῳ διώκειν.] ἐξήτασται This may mean, ‘he has had the matter investigated,’ in the medial sense. ‘Not to this day has he ever appeared before the Archon.’ Kennedy. (Mr Mayor, p. 246, regards the passive meaning to be the correct one.) δυοῖν ταλάντοιν This shows why he hoped to get the same amount out of Nicobulus, § 32.
Select Private Orations of Demosthenes, Part I. F. A. Paley, M.A., LL.D., and J. E. Sandys, Litt. D. 1898. Cambridge University Press.
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