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3. ὡς ἐκράτησε: i.e. at Chaeronea. Philip treated Athens with great consideration after the battle, restoring her 2000 prisoners without ransom; but wreaked his vengeance on Thebes (as a former ally) and invaded Peloponnesus. Hist. § 68. (Grote XI. 699—705.)— ᾤχετ᾽ ἀπιὼν, had taken himself off. 6. ἦν ἄν τις...κατηγορία, there might perhaps be some ground for blame and accusation etc.: the older editions have ὅμως ἦν ἄν τις and κατὰ τῶν οὐκ ἐναντιωθέντων, with an entirely different meaning. 8. ἀξίωμα...ἡγεμονίαν...ἐλευθερίαν: see XIX. 260, τοῦτο τὸ πρᾶγμα (the corruption of leading men by Philip) Θετταλῶν μὲν...τὴν ἡγεμονίαν καὶ τὸ κοινὸν ἀξίωμα ἀπωλωλέκει, νῦν δ᾽ ἤδη καὶ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν παραιρεῖται: τὰς γὰρ ἀκροπόλεις αὐτῶν ἐνίων Μακεδόνες φρουροῦσιν. For Euboea see § 71 (below). 9. πολιτείας, free governments. See Arist. Pol. VI. (IV.) 8, 3, ἔστι γὰρ ἡ πολιτεία ὡς ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν μίξις ὁλιγαρχίας καὶ δημοκρατίας, εἰώθασι δὲ καλεῖν τὰς μὲν ἀποκλινούσας ὡς πρὸς τὴν δημοκρατίαν πολιτείας, τὰς δὲ πρὸς τὴν ὀλιγαρχίαν μᾶλλον ἀριστοκρατίας διὰ τὸ μᾶλλον ἀκολουθεῖν παιδείαν καὶ εὐγένειαν τοῖς εὐπορωτέροις. 10. ἁπάντων: partitive with ἐνδο- ξότατα, in the most glorious way possible. So εὐφημότατ᾽ ἀνθρώπων in XIX. 50, ἀναισχυντότατ᾽ ἀνθρώπων in XXVII. 18, δικαιότατ᾽ ἀνθρώπων in XXIX. 28.
Demosthenes de Corona. William Watson Goodwin. 1904. Cambridge University Press.
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