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2. ὀλίγου δεῖν, full form of ὀλίγου (M.T. 779), qualifies ἑκόντας ἐξαπατ., almost willing dupes: cf. μικροῦ, § 151.3. 3. ἡ Ἑλλήνων: the actual subject appears in the alternative εἴτε...εἴτε. See § 270.7, and XXIII. 156: ἡ ὑμετέρα, ὦ ἄνδρ. Ἀθ., εἴτε χρὴ φιλανθρωπίαν λέγειν εἴθ᾽ ὅ τι δήποτε. 4. κακίαν, baseness, here in the sense of worthlessness. 5. πόλεμον μακρὸν: the so-called Amphipolitan War with Philip (357 —346 B.C.), which ended with the Sacred War. See Hist. § 3. 7. σώμασιν, lives: cf. § 66.9. 10. συγχωρηθεῖσα, conceded, ac- quiesced in: Athens showed no alacrity in making the peace, though she was deceived as to the main point. 11. διέβαλλεν, slanderously de- clared: see Aesch. III. 57 (end), 60. 13. τῶν νυνὶ...εὑρήσει (sc. τις): the firm foothold in Greece which Philip secured by the peace, especially his influence in the Amphictyonic Council, it is implied, made him at last the victor of Chaeronea.
Demosthenes de Corona. William Watson Goodwin. 1904. Cambridge University Press.
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