William Watson Goodwin, Commentary on Demosthenes: On the Crown

2. ἐφαμίλλου...κειμένης: the figure of a public contest is kept up, the privilege of showing devotion to the state being a prize open to general competition (ἐφαμίλλου). Cf. ἐνάμιλλον, Plat. Rep. 433 D.

5. ἦν οὐδαμοῦ: cf. § 310.3.—εἴ... τι δέοι: the optative implies frequent occasions for insulting the people.

6. ἃ μήποτ᾽ ὤφελεν (sc. συμβῆναι), i.e. the defeat: see 288.10, and note οὐκέτι (7), opposed to ὅτε...παρῆν (1).

9. ἕτερον: this is the vague term by which Demosthenes often alludes to Alexander: see § 323.1, 10.

10. ἐξέτασις: the familiar military figure recurs, i.e. a call for these, as for a review; and this is carried out in ἐν τάξει (11). Cf. note on § 173.5.

11. ἱπποτρόφος: the keeping of horses was a sign of wealth, and the word implies that Aeschines had become a richer and more powerful man at Athens since the complete establishment of Alexander's supremacy. Cf. Ar. Nub. 15.

12. ἀσθενὴς: Aeschines (159) speaks of Dem. at this time as ὑπότρομος, παριὼν ἡμιθνὴς ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα. Westermann refers this to the time when Philip was made a citizen of Athens and his statue was erected in the city (Plut. Dem. 22; Paus. I. 9, 4). It more probably refers to the recent honours paid to Alexander: see C. I. Att. II. no. 741, dated by Köhler in 331 B.C., στεφάνων δυοῖν, οἷς ὁ δῆμος ὁ Ἀθηναίων ἐστεφάνωσε Ἀλέξα[ νδρον].