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προθύμως, separated from ποιεῖν, that it may have an emphatic position towards the end of the sentence, while the still more emphatic position of ὑμᾶς makes it clear that the citizens themselves must act. περὶ ὧν γραφείη, i.e. ταῦτα περὶ ὧν, “the objects for which they were passed.” The optative is used because the number of decrees is indefinite. διαπράξασθαι, “to accomplish of themselves.” αὐτά would probably have been added but that the preceding αὐτάρκη is enough. The object is ταῦτα understood out of ὧν. ὑβρίκει, sc. ἄν. εἵνεκά γε ψηφισμάτων, “if resolutions could have done it.” This use of ἕνεκα for “as far as regards,” without any causal idea, is frequent both in prose and verse.
Demosthenes: Olynthiacs I, II, III. H. Sharpley. 1900. W. Blackwood and Sons.
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