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1. καὶ μὴν...λαβὼν: this seizure of merchant ships, of which we have no other knowledge, was the overt act which Athens made the occasion of her declaration of war. It perhaps hastened this declaration by a few weeks; but after the letter of Philip (§ 76), which was practically a declaration of war on his part, only one course was open to Athens. 3. τὴν ἐπιστολὴν: this was a detailed statement of Philip's grievances, with a defence of his own conduct toward Athens, ending with a formal declaration of war. The document numbered XII. among the orations of Demosthenes purports to be this letter. See Hist. § 55. 5. τίς τίνος: such double inter- rogatives are common in Greek, but colloquial or comic in English, as who's who? An increase of the number becomes comic in Greek; as in IV. 36, τίς χορηγὸς...πότε καὶ παρὰ τοῦ καὶ τί λαβόντα τί δεῖ ποιεῖν.
Demosthenes de Corona. William Watson Goodwin. 1904. Cambridge University Press.
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