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οὐ γένοιτο δι᾽ ἐμέ Notice the opt. γένοιτο preceded by εἰσηγήσατο, ἀντεῖπον, and followed by ἔπεσον, κ.τ.λ. — all depending on ἐξήλεγξα ὅτι. The optative has the effect of presenting this particular statement, not simply as a fact, but as a quotation of what was confessed by the conspirators. It is the oblique form of οὐκ ἐγένετο δι᾽ Ἀνδοκίδην: ‘I proved the facts, — that E. proposed this plan, etc., and that (as they said) it was I who “hindered the plan from being executed at the time”.’ ἐν Κυνοσάργει] τὸ Κυνόσαργες, a gymnasium, with a sanctuary of Heracles, on the E. side of Athens, near the Διομεία πύλη. τὴν κλεῖν συνετρίβην ‘broke my collar-bone’: Dem. or. 18 § 67, τὴν κλεῖν κατεαγότα. — τὴν κεφαλὴν κατεάγην (α_ in Attic), ‘cut my head’: Ar. Ach. 1180, καὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς κατέαγε περὶ λίθον πεσών (partit. genit., — the more usual construction in this phrase).
Selections from the Attic Orators. Sir Richard C. Jebb. London. Macmillan. 1888.
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