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1. τίσι δ̓...ἑωρῶμεν ἂν; i.e. how should we now (dare to) look in the face, etc.? 2—8. εἰ τὰ μὲν...ᾑρημένης: this elaborate protasis has three divisions; (1) εἰ τὰ μέν...ἁπάντων, (2) τὸν δὲ... πεποιημένοι, (3) καὶ ταῦτα...ᾑρημένης. The clause ἡγεμὼν δὲ...ἁπάντων belongs closely with the preceding εἰ μὲν περιέστη, and τὸν δ̓ (not ἡγεμὼν δὲ) corresponds to τὰ μὲν. 3. εἰς ὅπερ νυνὶ, to the present state, explained by ἡγεμὼν δὲ...ἁπάντων. 4. τὸν...ἀγῶνα, the fight to prevent this. 5. ἕτεροι χωρὶς ἡμῶν: this pathetic picture of Athens sitting still and seeing others fight the battle for Grecian liberty becomes more effective when we remember (what Demosthenes never forgot) that Greece at this crisis had no state except Athens able or willing to take the lead, or any important part, in such a struggle. See §§ 304, 305. 6. καὶ ταῦτα, and this too, intro- ducing the participial clause which completes the supposition: hence μηδεπώποτε.
Demosthenes de Corona. William Watson Goodwin. 1904. Cambridge University Press.
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