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1. ὥσπερ...εἰρηκὼς, i.e. posing as one who had always spoken his own thoughts honestly and loyally: we generally translate (for con venience) as if he had spoken (quasi vero dixisset, West.), though there is nothing conditional in the participle with ὥσπερ, which merely expresses comparison (M.T. 867): having, as it were, spoken, would be more correct, though less clear. See ὥσπερ οὐχ, § 323.7, and note on ὡς (5). 3. ἐκέλευεν: sc. ὑμᾶς.—ὅπως μὴ παρακρούσομαι: the subject of the object clause appears by attraction (ἐμὲ) in the leading clause (M.T. 304.2). This is a reply to Aesch. 16, 174, 206, 207, and other passages. 5—7. ὡς...οὕτως ἔχοντα (accus. abs., M.T. 853), i.e. assuming that this must needs be so. ὡς has no more conditional force than ὥσπερ (1), though we often find it convenient to use as if in translation (M.T. 864): notice οὐκέτι with σκεψομένους, will not further consider, showing that there is nothing conditional in the expression. τὰ προσόνθ᾽ ἑαυτῷ, i.e. things which are true of himself (cf. προσεῖναι, l. 10).
Demosthenes de Corona. William Watson Goodwin. 1904. Cambridge University Press.
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