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εἰς Ἁλίαρτον The Athenian expedition in 325 B.C. for the relief of Haliartus, defended by the Thebans against the Lacedaemonians, whose leader, Lysander, was killed in the battle under its walls: Xen. Hellen. III. 5. 16 f. ἡγουμένους synonymous with νομίζοντας. The contrasted clauses are τοῖς μὲν ἱππεύουσιν ἀσφάλειαν, τοῖς δ᾽ ὁπλίταις κίνδυνον. The notion of ‘thinking’ is common to both clauses. Yet it is repeated in different words, as if these words, too, were contrasted. This trait deserves remark as showing immaturity in the use of antithesis. Cp. or. XXV. § 22, ἡγούμενοι διὰ τὴν τῶν τριάκοντα πονηρίαν πολὺ μᾶλλον σωθήσεσθαι ἢ διὰ τὴν τῶν φευγόντων δύναμιν κατιέναι. Also In Eratosth. § 7 (below, p. 66) περὶ οὐδενὸς ἡγοῦντο...περὶ πολλοῦ ἐποιοῦντο: ib. § 32 (p. 73) τοῖς μέλλουσιν ἀδίκως ἀποθανεῖσθαι......τοὺς ἀδίκως ἀπολουμένους. See, too, note on Antiphon De Caed. Herod. § 87 (above, p. 21). ἀδοκιμάστων who had not passed the scrutiny necessary for admission to the cavalry: the law was, ἐάν τις ἀδοκίμαστος ἱππεύῃ, ἄτιμον εἶναι (Lys. or. XIV. § 8). τῷ Ὀρθοβούλῳ prob. the phylarch of the tribe to which Mantitheus belonged.
Selections from the Attic Orators. Sir Richard C. Jebb. London. Macmillan. 1888.
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