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-- 333. _of one of whom_, &c.: i.e. of Philip (see -- 111 ff., and Introd.

to Speech on the Peace).

-- 342. _Euthycrates_. See Introd. to Olynthiacs.

ON THE CHERSONESE

-- 9. The argument is, 'if Philip is not committing hostilities so long as he keeps away from Attica, Diopeithes is not doing so, so long as he keeps away from Macedonia, and only operates in Thrace.'

_drive the vessels_, &c. See Speech on the Peace, -- 25 n.

-- 14. _pa.s.sing the time_: i.e. until a convenient season for an attack arrives.

_those who are on the spot_: i.e. in Thrace, and who had doubtless sent messages to Athens. Others think that the words mean 'those who are here from Thrace'.

_Etesian winds_. See First Philippic, -- 31 n.

_infatuation_: i.e. hostility to Athens.

-- 16. _punish the settlers_: i.e. those who were sent with Diopeithes and demanded admission to Cardia.

-- 18. _Chalcis_, in Euboea (see Introd.).

-- 21. _keep our hands ... revenues_: a reference to the distributions of Festival-Money (see Third Olynthiac, with Introduction and notes).

_contributions of the allies_. This interpretation seems on the whole better warranted than 'contributions promised to Diopeithes'.

-- 24. _I consent to any penalty_: lit. *'I a.s.sess my own penalty at anything'--a metaphor from the practice of the law-courts, which allowed a convicted prisoner to propose an alternative penalty to that suggested by the prosecutor.

_Erythraeans_: Erythrae was on the coast of Asia Minor, opposite Chios.

-- 25. _benevolences_: the same word as was used of the forced contributions levied by English kings.

-- 27. _surrendering_: i.e. to his soldiers, to be plundered (if the phrase is meant to convey anything but a vague accusation).

-- 28. _wax-tablet_: i.e. a summons.

_so many s.h.i.+ps_. The critics of Diopeithes must have proposed the sending of a definite force to control him.

-- 29. _a dispatch-boat_: lit. 'the _Paralus_'. This s.h.i.+p, and the _Salaminia_, were the two vessels regularly employed on public errands.

_spitefulness_: i.e. towards Diopeithes.

-- 30. _Chares_: see references in n. on Speech on Emba.s.sy, -- 332.

_Aristophon_. The reference may be to his conduct as general in the early days of the war with Philip about Amphipolis. His activity as a statesman began as far back as 403, and he was one of the most influential politicians in Athens from about 361 to 354.

-- 31. _losing something_: _sc_. a scapegoat whom you could punish.

-- 40. _Euthycrates_, &c. See Introd. to Olynthiacs.