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1. ἐπὶ τῆς ἀληθείας: cf. § 17.2. 3. ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν: for the figure Westermann compares mani-festus.— πάντες οἱ λόγοι, i.e. the whole discussion. 4. τοὺς...φυγὼν: cf. § 15.2. 5. ῥητόρων ἀγῶνα: cf. Thuc. III. 67.28, ποιήσατε δὲ τοῖς Ἕλλησι παράδειγμα οὐ λόγων τοὺς ἀγῶνας προθήσοντες ἀλλ᾽ ἔργων. Weil quotes XIX. 217: οὐδὲ γὰρ ῥητόρων οὐδὲ λόγων κρίσιν ὑμᾶς τήμερον...προσήκει ποιεῖν. 7. λόγου...συμφέροντος: λόγου κρίσιν is a trial of eloquence. Cf. the verbal forms λόγον κρίνειν and τὸ τῇ πόλει συμφέρον κρίνειν. With § 226 the orator ends his grand comparison (begun in § 139) between the part played by Aeschines in rousing the Amphissian war and his own part in uniting Athens and Thebes against Philip.
Demosthenes de Corona. William Watson Goodwin. 1904. Cambridge University Press.
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