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περίεστιν More commonly with a genitive: but cf. Mid. § 17 οὐδ᾽ ἐνταῦθ᾽ ἔστη τῆς ὕβρεως, άλλὰ τοσοῦτον αὐτῷ περιῆν ὥστε τὸν ἄρχοντα διέφθειρε. [τοσοῦτον, i.e. άναισχυντίας (or συκοφαντίας), to be supplied from ἀναισχυντότεροι (ἢ περιφανέστερον συκοφαντοῦντες) above, in § 28.—περίεστιν, i.e. ἐκ περιουσίας ἔχουσιν. P.] L. and S. less well explain it; ‘So far are matters come with them that ..’ πρὸς συκοφαντοῦσιν Cf. Androt § 75 τοσοῦτ᾽ ἀπέχει τοῦ τιμῆς τινὸς. τυχεῖν ὥστ᾽ ἀπειρό- καλος πρὸς ἔδοξεν εἶναι. See note on Or. 37 § 49 πρὸς ἀτιμῶσαι, and 39 § 23 πρὸς μισεῖν, and cf. Or. 3 § 31, and Wyse on Isaeus 5 § 24 προσ-απολωλεκώς. καὶ ὑμῖν ... καὶ ἡμῖν This idiomatic repetition of καὶ cannot be literally rendered in English. περιοικοδομῶν ...... -δομοῦντες Posses παροικοδ. bis: sed cave facias. construe ἠδίκει ὑμᾶς περιοικοδομῶν ‘by hedging in’ etc. Dobree.
Select Private Orations of Demosthenes, Part II. J. E. Sandys, Litt. D., and F. A. Paley, M.A., LL.D. 1910. Cambridge University Press.
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