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3. ἐπῆρεν, induced (roused): cf. §§ 168.2, 175.8. 5—7. οὐδ̓...ὁμοίως ὑμῖν...συμ- βεβούλευκα (7), nor have I given my advice, like you, inclining towards gain like a balance, i.e. as a balance would incline if a weight were put into one of the scales: ὥσπερ ἂν (sc. ῥέποι). The MSS. are corrupt: ὥσπερ ἂν τρυτάνη is nearest to ὥσπερὰντρυτανηι of Σ. We have ἐν τρυτ. in A, and ἂν εἰ ἐν τρυτ. vulg. This is illustrated by a striking passage in V. 12: προῖκα τὰ πράγματα κρίνω καὶ λογίζομαι, καὶ οὐδὲν λῆμμ᾽ ἂν οὐδεὶς ἔχοι πρὸς οἷς ἐγὼ πεπολίτευμαι καὶ λέγω δεῖξαι προσηρτημένον. ὀρθὸν οὖν, ὅ τι ἄν ποτ̓ ἀπ̓ αὐτῶν ὑπάρχῃ τῶν πραγμάτων, τὸ συμφέρον φαίνεταί μοι. ὅταν δ̓ ἐπὶ θάτερα ὥσπερ εἰς τρυτάνην ἀργύριον προσενέγκῃς, οἴχεται φέρον καὶ καθείλκυκε τὸν λογισμὸν ἐφ̓ αὑτὸ, καὶ οὐκ ἂν ἔτ̓ ὀρθῶς οὐδ̓ ὑγιῶς ὁ τοῦτο ποιήσας περὶ οὐδενὸς λογίσαιτο. 7. ὀρθῆς...ἀδιαφθόρου: predicative (cf. § 322.6). 8. μεγίστων...ἀνθρώπων, lit. the weightiest concerns of (any of) the men of my time (partitive).
Demosthenes de Corona. William Watson Goodwin. 1904. Cambridge University Press.
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