William Watson Goodwin, Commentary on Demosthenes: On the Crown

4. ἢ ᾿κεῖνον αἱρεῖσθαι: this alter- native was one of the προφάσεις εὔλογοι (§ 152.1) for choosing Philip.

6. παρελθὼν (sc. εἴσω Πυλῶν): cf. § 35.3.

7. ἐρρῶσθαι φράσας πολλὰ, bid- ding many farewells (a long adieu): so XIX. 248. Cf. ἔρρωσο, vale.

8. Ἐλάτειαν: when Philip had passed Thermopylae, he hardly made a pretence of entering into the war with Amphissa, for which he was chosen commander; and he soon appeared at the Phocian town of Elatea, which commanded the pass into Boeotia and “the road to Athens.” This move left no further doubt as to his real intentions. Aeschines says (140) of Philip's sudden movement, τὸν πόλεμον ὃν πρότερον ἐξήλασεν ἐκ τῆς χώρας τῆς Βοιωτῶν (i.e. the Phocian war), τοῦτον πάλιν τὸν αὐτὸν πόλεμον (i.e. a similar sacred war) ἐπῆγε διὰ τῆς Φωκίδος ἐπ᾽ αὐτὰς τὰς Θήβας. Philip must have been made general in the early autumn of 339 B.C., and probably seized Elatea in the late autumn or early winter; so that the campaign lasted about eight or nine months until the battle of Chaeronea in August or September 338. A “winter battle” is naturally mentioned in § 216.6. The startling effect at Athens of the news from Elatea is described in §§ 169 ff.