τοὺς ἐν τοῖς ὄχλοις εἰπεῖν . . . ἐπισταμένους: the reference is to the ῥήτορες or professional orators who spoke in the Ecclesia. Isocrates, like Demosthenes, realized and continually emphasized the evil influence of this class on Athenian politics; cp. Panath. 12 πάντες ἴσασι τῶν μὲν ῥητόρων τοὺς πολλοὺς οὐχ ὑπὲρ τῶν τῇ πόλει συμφερόντων, ἀλλ᾽ ὑπὲρ ὧν αὐτοὶ λήψεσθαι προσδοκῶσι, δημηγορεῖν τολμῶντας.
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