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1. χιλίων ἀποθανόντων, at Chaeronea: see Diod. XVI. 86, τῶν δ᾽ Ἀθηναίων ἔπεσον μὲν ἐν τῇ μάχῃ πλείους τῶν χιλίων, ἥλωσαν δὲ οὐκ ἐλάττους τῶν δισχιλίων. See Lycurg. Leocr. 142, χίλιοι τῶν ὑμετέρων πολιτῶν ἐν Χαιρωνείᾳ ἐτελεύτησαν, καὶ δημοσίᾳ αὐτοὺς ἡ πόλις ἔθαψαν. Diod. XVI. 88 quotes an eloquent passage of the speech of Lycurgus at the trial of Lysicles, one of the Athenian commanders at Chaeronea, who was condemned to death.

5. προσόντ᾽ αἰσχρὰ τούτῳ: cf. § 276.5.

6. εὐχερῶς λέγειν, to be ready to tell: cf. § 70.7.

Demosthenes de Corona. William Watson Goodwin. 1904. Cambridge University Press.

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