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1. Ἃ μὲν διώκει: the passages of the decree quoted in the indictment are all that are accused of illegality. 3. πάντα δικαίως ἀπολογήσομαι: this is a sarcastic allusion to the demand of Aesch. (202) that the court compel Demosth., if he is allowed to speak at all, to follow his opponent's order of argument: ἀξιώσατε τὸν Δημοσθένην τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον ἀπολογεῖσθαι ὅνπερ κἀγὼ κατηγόρηκα. See note on § 2.6. It happens that Aesch. states the charges in the indictment in the order in which Demosth. wishes to reply to them, just the order which Aesch. is anxious to prevent him from following: in his speech he has followed an entirely different order. See Essay I. § 4. 4. τῶν γεγραμμένων (pass.), of the items of the indictment: see note on § 53.4. γέγραμμαι and ἐγράφην may be used as passives of both γράφω, propose (a bill), and γράφομαι, indict: see δικαίως γεγραμμένα, XXIII. 101, ᾧ γέγραπται, ibid. 18; τὰ γραφέντα, the proposed measures, Cor. § 86.4; οὐδὲ γραφέντα, not even indicted, § 222.8. But γέγραμμαι is generally middle (seldom passive, as here) of γράφομαι, indict: see § 59.5, γεγραμμένος ταῦτα: cf. γέγραψαι, § 119.2. 5. καθ᾽ ἕκαστον ἐφεξῆς: by taking up each point in the order of the indictment, he will ensure completeness in his defence. The same sarcasm is kept up.
Demosthenes de Corona. William Watson Goodwin. 1904. Cambridge University Press.
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