previous next

3. ὑπὲρ τῶν κοινῶν, with εἰσεληλυθότας, i.e. who have come into court to give judgment for the public good, opposed to ὀργὴν...βεβαιοῦν.

4. ἀξιοῦν αὑτῷ βεβαιοῦν, to ask (them) to confirm for him, i.e. by condemning his opponent.

5. ὑπὲρ τούτων, for these ends, i.e. to gratify his ὀργή or ἔχθρα.

6. μάλιστα μὲν, best of all.εἰ δ᾽ ἄῤ ἀνάγκη, i.e. but if after all he must have these feelings. Cf. § 178.12.

7. ἐν τίσιν...δεῖ; when should an orator use all his vehemence?

9. τῶν ὅλων τι, any of the supreme (entire) interests of the state: cf. §§ 28.9, 303.9.

10. ἐστὶ τῷ δήμῳ, the people are concerned, etc.

11. ἐν τούτοις: with strongest emphasis, in reply to ἐν τίσιν;

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.

hide References (2 total)
  • Commentary references from this page (2):
    • Demosthenes, On the Crown, 178
    • Demosthenes, On the Crown, 28
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: