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4. ἀκούσαιτε: this read- ing, though it has slight MS. authority, is necessary here, with ἕνεκ᾽ ἄν in Σ and L. Σ often has ε for αι or αι for ε, from their identity in later pronunciation. 5, 7. τὰ ἔγρα...τοὺς λόγους: the actual labours, contrasted with merely listening to the account of them. Cf. λόγῳ and τὰ ἔργα, Thuc. I. 22. The orator introduces this continu- ation of his political history in an apologetic way, as in § 110.5 he professed to leave it doubtful whether he should speak at all of these later acts, τὰ μέγιστα......πεπραγμένων (see note). This is a part of the skilful device by which he divides the long account of his public life, while at the same time he reminds the court that the brilliant passage which follows is over and above what is needed to defend Ctesiphon (see § 126.1), and asks their attention to it as a personal favour to himself.
Demosthenes de Corona. William Watson Goodwin. 1904. Cambridge University Press.
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