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τῶν μὲν οὖν κτἑ, ‘who would not prefer the dangers of Evagoras to the lot of those who inherit kingdoms from their forefathers?’ τῶν ... παραλαβόντων is equivalent to τῶν πραγμάτων τῶν . . . παραλαβόντων, see note on § 34 πρὸς ἕκαστον αὐτῶν. παραλαμβάνειν has a slightly different sense in § 47 παραλαβὼν τὴν πόλιν, ‘when he took over the government,’ and in N. C. 28 where παραλαβών means ‘taking along with him’. τῶν παραλαβόντων is gen. after the comparative idea contained in προκρίνειεν. ῥᾴθυμος: lit. (ῥᾴδιος θυμός) ‘easy in mind’. The meaning depends on the context; here, Clarke well translates ‘indifferent to fame’. It can be used in a good sense ‘free from anxiety’ (cp. § 42 ῥᾳθυμιῶν); or in a bad sense ‘idle’ (cp. § 45 ῥᾳθυμίας, and § 75 and ad N. 10 ῥᾳθυμεῖν). οὕτω ῥᾴθυμος ὅστις: the relative (ὅς or ὅστις) in Greek can be used like the Latin qui to introduce a consecutive clause; cp. § 80 τοιαῦτα καὶ λέγειν καὶ γράφειν, ἐξ ὧν μέλλομέν σε παροξύνειν.
Isocrates Cyprian Orations. Edward S. Forster.
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