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1. τὸν ἐν Ἀμφίσσῃ πόλε- μον: for this and the seizure of Elatea, see § 152.8 and note. 2. ᾑρέθη ἡγεμὼν ὃς (sc. τις), a man was chosen leader, who etc. (i.e. Philip). 6. ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ, i.e. in the meeting in which Aesch. made his report of his doings in the Amphictyonic Council (Hist. § 61). 7. εἰς τὴν Ἀττικὴν: Demosth. saw at once the full meaning of the Amphictyonic war, and knew that it must end in bringing Philip into Greece as the Amphictyonic general (see note on § 139.5). 8. οἱ...συγκαθήμενοι, those who sat together by his summons, i.e. his παράκλητοι, with whom he had packed the meeting. 9. οὐκ εἴων με λέγειν, i.e. would not let me go on speaking (after my warning).—οἱ δ᾽ ἐθαύμαζον: the ordinary citizens were amazed at anyone who dared to object to the pious and (apparently) patriotic speech of Aeschines. The decree of Demosthenes forbidding Athens to take any part in the future action of the Amphictyonic Council against Amphissa (Aesch. 125—127) was passed at a later meeting, after the people had opened their eyes.
Demosthenes de Corona. William Watson Goodwin. 1904. Cambridge University Press.
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