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ἐπιτρέψας κ.τ.λ. The plaintiff submitted the claims to the private arbitration of Deinias and Nicias (§ 17), his own father-in-law and brotherin-law respectively. Pollux: ἔλεγον δὲ έπιτρέψαι δίαιταν, καὶ ἡ διαιτα ἐκαλεῖτο ἐπιτροπή. δοῦναι δωρειὰν By ‘making a present’ of the 3000 drachmae, Phormion satisfies Apollodorus without admitting his legal claim to the sum. Or. 19 § 170; 42 § 19; Isaeus 2 § 31 διῄτησαν ἡμᾶς άποστῆναι ὧν οὗτος ἀμφισβήτησε καὶ δοῦναι δωρειάν: οὐ γὰρἔφασαν εἶναι ἄλλην ἀπαλλαγὴν οὐδεμίαν, εἰ μὴ μεταλήφονται οὗτοι τῶυ ἐκείνου. δωρειὰ is the form found in inscriptions before and during the time of Dem. δωρεὰ is first found as early as 403 B.C. (see note on Dem. Lept. § 2). τὸ προσὸν Not the 2000 drachmae of § 14; for they were already given by the mother (ἔδωκεν ἐκείνη), but the ‘additional articles’ χιτωνίσκος καὶ θεράπαινα. [τὸ προσὸν may however refer to πρὸς αἷς κ.τ.λ. supra. He got the 3000 and the 2000 also that had been left to Phormion's boys. He got from him 5000 in all, and gave him a full release from all further claims; and yet now again he says Phormion has kept back some of Pasion's money! But (he argues) the discharge then given justifies the παραγραφὴ now put in. P.] ἀφεὶς ..τὸ δεύτερον The former release is mentioned in § 10 fin. This second release is solemnly given in the temple of Athênâ on the Acropohs. Isocr. Trapez. § 20 ταῦτα συγγράφαντες καὶ ἀναγαγόντες εἰς ἀκρόπολιν Πύρωνα......δίδομεν αὐτῷ φυλάττειν τὰς συνθήκας, ib. 17 and Andoc. 1 § 42. Or. 33 § 18 ἀπαντήσας εἰς τὸ Ἡφαιστεῖον.
Select Private Orations of Demosthenes, Part II. J. E. Sandys, Litt. D., and F. A. Paley, M.A., LL.D. 1910. Cambridge University Press.
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