Οὐκ ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῆς ὁρμὴ τοῖς πολλοῖς
he is not riding at the same as the majority
Translated by David Whitehead12 Dec 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Demosthenes in the [speech] For Ktesiphon [sc. uses the phrase].1 It is a proverb elliptically expressed; one must understand, in addition, the [noun] "anchor".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οὐκ ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῆς ὁρμὴ τοῖς πολλοῖς· Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ ὑπὲρ Κτησιφῶντος. παροιμία ἐστὶν ἐλλειπῶς εἰρημένη· προσυπακουστέον δὲ ἔξωθεν τὸ ἀγκύρας.
Betacode
*ou)k e)pi\ th=s au)th=s o(rmh\ toi=s polloi=s: *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| u(pe\r *kthsifw=ntos. paroimi/a e)sti\n e)lleipw=s ei)rhme/nh: prosupakouste/on de\ e)/cwqen to\ a)gku/ras.
Notes (1)
- From Harpokration s.v.; and also in the paroemiographer Apostolius (13.55).
The Suda'so(rmh/ , ignored in translation here, should be the verbo(rmei= . - 1Demosthenes 18.281 (web address 1). 'The majority' is specifically the Athenian people, not served well (the claim is) by traitors like Aeschines. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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