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3. τῇ μάχῃ: Chaeronea. —ἐν τῷ θεῷ...τέλος: cf. πέρας and δαίμων in § 192.7, 8. See Il. VII. 101, αὐτὰρ ὕπερθεν νίκης πείρατ᾽ ἔχονται ἐν ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσιν. 6. φιλοπόνως ὑπὲρ δύναμιν, i.e. with greater labour than my strength warranted: cf. §§ 160.5, 218.9. 8. ἐνεστησάμην, undertook (in- stituted): cf. § 4.11.—καὶ ἀναγκαῖα, and necessary too, added after the verb for emphasis. Blass remarks that the orator has not yet attained the height from which he speaks in §§ 199 ff.
Demosthenes de Corona. William Watson Goodwin. 1904. Cambridge University Press.
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