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1. περὶ τῶν ἰδίων: with ὅσα βεβλασφήμηκε (not with λέγω), the omitted antec. of the cognate ὅσα being understood as limiting θεάσασθε ...λέγω, as regards all the calumnies which he has abusively uttered about my private life. The whole sentence περὶ μὲν...λέγω is parallel to ὑπὲρ μὲν ...ἐξετάσω in § 11.6. (West., Bl.)— λοιδορούμενος βεβλασφήμηκε: for the relation of λοιδορία and βλασφημία to κατηγορία see § 123.2. βλασφημία is slander, a special form of λοιδορία, abuse in general. Our word blasphemy (like many others) never goes beyond the special meaning which it derives from the ecclesiastical Greek: cf. angel, apostle, hypocrite, liturgy, litany, etc. 3. τοιοῦτον: sc. ὄντα (M.T. 911). So βελτίω (7) and χείρονα (8). 4. μηδὲ φωνὴν ἀνάσχησθε=μηδὲ φθεγγόμενόν με ἀνάσχησθε, i.e. stop my speech at once. 5. πάντα τὰ κοινὰ: i.e. settle the case without reference to my public acts. 7. βελτίω καὶ ἐκ βελτιόνων, better and better born: cf. τίς ὢν καὶ τίνων, § 126.5 (below). See Terent. Ph. i. 2, 65, bonam bonis prognatam.—μηδενὸς τῶν μετρίων χείρονα, i.e. quite as good as any of our respectable citizens (cf. § 126.7): this moderate expression is made more effective by ἵνα...λέγω. 12. ἐπὶ πολλῶν ἀγώνων: see §§ 249, 250, where he speaks of being brought to trial “daily” after the battle of Chaeronea.
Demosthenes de Corona. William Watson Goodwin. 1904. Cambridge University Press.
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