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2. προὐβαλόμην: cf. §§ 97.10 and 301.4.—ἀνθρωπίνῳ λογισμῷ: cf. § 193.5. 4. τὸν κύκλον τοῦ Πειραιῶς: the circuit of the Piraeus was assigned to the tribe Pandionis, to which Demosthenes belonged. See Essay III. § 1. 5. λογισμοῖς may refer to the encounter with Python (§ 136) and also to the embassies mentioned in § 244.—Φιλίππου: with ἡττήθην. 7. οἱ τῶν συμμάχων στρατηγοὶ: of these we hear only of two Thebans, Proxenus and Theagenes: of these Dinarchus (I. 74) says, ἐπὶ δὲ τοῖς ξένοις τοῖς εἰς Ἄμφισσαν συλλεγεῖσι Πρόξενος ὁ προδότης ἐγένετο: ἡγεμὼν δὲ τῆς φάλαγγος (at Chaeronea) κατέστη Θεαγένης, ἄνθρωπος ἀτυχὴς καὶ δωροδόκος ὥσπερ οὗτος (Demosthenes).
Demosthenes de Corona. William Watson Goodwin. 1904. Cambridge University Press.
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