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2. Καλλίστρατος: the famous orator whose eloquence is said to have inspired Demosthenes (as a boy) to devote himself to oratory: see note on § 99.8. 3. Ἀριστοφῶν: mentioned in § 70.5.—Κέφαλος: see § 251.—Θρασύβουλος, of Collytus, who served under his distinguished namesake in the Restoration of 403 B.C. (XXIV. 134). He was afterwards a warm friend of Thebes: see Aesch. III. 138, ἀνὴρ ἐν Θήβαις πιστευθεὶς ὡς οὐδεὶς ἕτερος. 5. διὰ παντὸς, throughout; like ἁπλῶς, §§ 88.8, 179.7. 6. οὐκ ἂν ἐπρέσβευσεν...ἔγραψεν: both iterative (M.T. 162): we often use would in such iterative expressions, with no potential force; as he would often tell me stories (see M.T. 249). 8. ῥᾳστώνην, enjoyment of ease. —εἴ τι γένοιτ᾽ ἀναφοράν, i.e. some retreat in case of accident: εἴ τι γένοιτο depends on an apodosis implied in ἀναφοράν; cf. Aeschyl. Sept. 1015, ὡς ὄντ᾽ ἀναστατῆρα...εἰ μὴ θεῶν τις ἐμποδὼν ἔστη δορί (M.T. 480). The direct form, ἐάν τι γένηται, might have been used: see Aesch. II. 104, αὑτοῖς κατέλιπον τὴν εἰς τὸ ἀφανὲς ἀναφορὰν ἂν μὴ πείθωμεν. The meaning comes from the middle ἀναφέρεσθαι, to carry oneself back.
Demosthenes de Corona. William Watson Goodwin. 1904. Cambridge University Press.
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