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2. ψήφισμα γράφω πλεῖν: cf. ἔγραψα ἀποπλεῖν (§ 25.6).—τοῦτο, i.e. the decree just mentioned. 6. διέσυρε, ridiculed (tore in pieces), refers to Aesch. III. 82, where he charges Demosth. with making trouble, after the peace was concluded, by mentioning all the insignificant places captured by Philip: οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ πρῶτος ἐξευρὼν Σέρριον τεῖχος καὶ Δορίσκον καὶ Ἐργίσκην καὶ Μυρτίσκην καὶ Γάνος καὶ Γανιάδα, χωρία ὦν οὐδὲ τὰ ὀνόματα ᾔδεμεν πρότερον. 7. οὕτω, under these circumstances (hardly translatable), sums up the preceding ἐχόντων...Ἐργίσκην.—γίγνοινθ̓ with ἵνα depends on γράφω, historic present. 8. ἐπικαίρους, seasonable, here ad- vantageous for attacking the Athenian possessions, especially the Chersonese. 9. κατασταίη and ἐπιχειροίη (11) continue the final clause with ἵνα (4). —πολλῶν χρημάτων: from the rich Thracian gold mines. Diod. XVI. 8 says that Philip had a revenue of a thousand talents (£200,000) from his mines at Philippi. 11. τοῖς λοιποῖς (cf. § 95.11), what remained to be done.
Demosthenes de Corona. William Watson Goodwin. 1904. Cambridge University Press.
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