This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ...hearers forget their recent defeat at Chasronea in the recollection of their immortal victory at Marathon. The germ of this oath is to be found in Eupolis, ' where he says, No, by my glorious fight at Marathon, They shall not mock me with impunity. 2 Oaths, however, are not to be introduced at random; 1. An ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ...hearers forget their recent defeat at Chasronea in the recollection of their immortal victory at Marathon. The germ of this oath is to be found in Eupolis, ' where he says, No, by my glorious fight at Marathon, They shall not mock me with impunity. 2 Oaths, however, are not to be introduced at random; 1. An Athenian who wrote comedies, all of which are lost. 2. Translationem hic primum omnium tradidit, quamquam semina ejus qusedam citra nomen ipsum apud Aristotelem reperiuntur."--Quinctilian, III, 6. the time, manner, and cause must be separately and carefully considered. In the latter case the oath is bald, and used before men whom no present calamity afflicts; nor does the poet deify men, and swear by their valour to inspire his hearers with the same spirit of daring, but by an inanimate thing, the battle. Demosthenes, on the other hand, uses his oath to vanquished men, in order that they may not feel their defeat. And these few words contain, not only a proof of the correctness of the orator's policy, but praise for past, and exhortation to future exertions. But because Demosthenes suddenly remembers he is speaking of defeats, and swearing by victories, he turns back and assigns a proper expression to each battle, showing that we must keep cool even under the greatest excitement. "Those," he adds, " who formerly met the same danger at Marathon, those who/ought by sea at Salamis and Artemisiurh, and those who were drawn up in battle array at Platsea." He never uses the word "conquered," but keeps it concealed as being the reverse of what happened at Chaeronea. Then, anticipating his audience, he adds, "All of whom, O jEschines,3 and not the victorious only, were buried at the public expense." XVII. Let me briefly observe that whilst Figures...
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