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1. ἐκεῖς᾿, i.e. to the main point. 2. ποιήσαντος, συμπεραναμένων: συμ- implies that, while Aesch. got up the Amphissian war by himself, he had active helpers in stirring up enmity at Athens against Thebes. When all was ready, Philip appeared at Elatea (ἐλθεῖν ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς, 4): cf. § 168.3. 5. εἰ μὴ...μικρὸν, if we had not roused ourselves a little too soon (for the success of the plot): μικρόν chiefly affects προ-. 6. ἀναλαβεῖν, to recover (intrans.): cf. Plat. Rep. 467 B, ποιῆσαι καὶ τὴν ἄλλην πόλιν ἀδύνατον ἀναλαβεῖν. 7. οὕτω with μέχρι πόρρω, so far. —προήγαγον, carried it, i.e. the quarrel with Thebes. 8, 9. ψηφισμάτων, ἀποκρίσεων: as these documents were quoted to show the enmity between Thebes and Athens at the time of Philip's invasion, the ψηφίσματα were probably Athenian decrees enacting measures hostile to Thebes, and the replies were remonstrances or retaliatory measures on the part of Thebes. Nothing could be more absurd than the two decrees against Philip and the two letters of Philip which appear here in the text. See § 168.2, where Philip is said to have been elated (ἐπαρθείς) by the decrees and the replies, i.e. by the evidence of hostility which they showed.
Demosthenes de Corona. William Watson Goodwin. 1904. Cambridge University Press.
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