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τί τούτων ‘Which of these personal failings of mine affects the question between you and me?’ οὐ παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ γε ‘Not from me, do you say? Of course not; you were not wronged by me, or you would not have given me the release, nor passed by me when you resolved (were making up your mind) to commence an action against Evergus, nor required one who had done you the many grievous wrongs you pretend, to promise to sell you the property.’ ὑποστῆναι The omission of εἶναι in this idiom is remarkable. So in Aesch. Eum. 195 κἄπειθ᾽ ὑπέστης αἵματος δέκτωρ νέου. Shilleto has given some examples on Thuc. I 32 § 4.
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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