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1. τὸ...κελεῦσαι (3), the bidding me (in his decree) to be crowned...and the crown to be proclaimed in the theatre (στεφανοῦν and ἀνειπεῖν in the usual active form): this clause is repeated in τοῦτο (4) as subject of κοινωνεῖν.—μὴ προσγράψαντα...δῷ: Aesch. makes it a special act of shamelessness in Ctesiphon (see 11, 12) to omit this saving clause. It was frequently added in such decrees: v. C. I. Att. II. no. 114 (343 B.C.), στεφανῶσαι χρυσῷ στεφάνῳ ἐπειδὰν τὰς εὐθύνας δῷ. This proviso, according to Aesch. (12), did not make the decree legal, though it showed a sense of shame in the mover. 3. κοινωνεῖν ... πεπολιτευμένοις, εἴτ̓...καὶ μή (6), lit. I think this too is concerned with my public acts, (namely with the question) whether I deserve the crown etc. or not. The loose relation of εἴτ᾽ ἄξιός εἰμι κ.τ.λ. to τοῖς πεπολιτευμένοις, which it explains, is permissible after the full form in § 57.1-5; without this it would be obscure. 5. ἐν τούτοις: i.e. before the people (in the theatre). 6. τοὺς νόμους: the arguments are given in §§ 110—121.—δεικτέον εἶναι =δεικνύναι δεῖν. 9. βαδιοῦμαι, I will proceed (cf. 4.7).
Demosthenes de Corona. William Watson Goodwin. 1904. Cambridge University Press.
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