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2. ψήφοις ὅμοιος, cf. κόμαι Χαρίτεσσιν ὁμοῖαι, Il. XVII. 51. 3. ἀντανελεῖν ταῦτα, to strike these off (the services of § 230) in balancing the account, as ψῆφοι would be removed from the ἀβάκιον. 4. οὐκέτι προστίθημι, I do not go on (ἔτι) to add, i.e. to the credit side of the account. 5. ἐν οἷς...κατέστη: as in the cases of Olynthus, Thessaly, and Phocis. 7. φιλανθρωπίας: especially Phi- lip's easy terms with Athens after Chaeronea, which were the indirect result of the firm and dignified attitude of Demosthenes and his friends. See Hist. § 68. 8. περιβαλλόμενος: the common figure of investing oneself with anything (like α garment), hence acquiring. 9. καλῶς ποιοῦντες, by the blessing of Heaven: cf. 1. 28, ὧν καλῶς ποιοῦντες ἔχουσι, and καλῶς ποιοῦσι, XXI. 212. This phrase sometimes means fortunately (as here), approaching in sense the more common εὖ πράσσειν, to be prosperous: sometimes doing as one should, as in XXI. 2, καλῶς καὶ τὰ δίκαια ποιῶν ὁ δῆμος οὕτως ὠργίσθη, and LVII. 6, καλῶς ποιοῦντες τοὺς ἠδικημένους σες ώκατε. To show the distinction between καλῶς ποιῶν and εὖ πράσσων, Dissen quotes XX. 110, ὅτε δ᾽ ὑμεῖς καλῶς ποιοῦντες...ἄμεινον ἐκείνων πράττετε. The active expressions εὖ ποιεῖν and κακῶς ποιεῖν are entirely distinct from καλῶς ποιεῖν.
Demosthenes de Corona. William Watson Goodwin. 1904. Cambridge University Press.
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