ἐμπυρισμός, ἐμπρησμός
(Phryn. Ecl. 311, Antiatt. ε 126, Poll. 9.156)

A. Main sources

(1) Phryn. Ecl. 311: ἐμπυρισμός· οὕτως Ὑπερείδης ἠμελημένως, δέον ἐμπρησμὸς λέγειν.

ἐμπυρισμός (‘burning’): Thus [says] Hyperides (or. 2 fr. 3.45.29 Jensen = C.1) carelessly, for one must say ἐμπρησμός.

(2) Antiatt. ε 126: ἐμπυρισμός· Ὑπερείδης Ὑπὲρ Λυκόφρονος.

ἐμπυρισμός: Hyperides [says it] in [the speech] In Defence of Lycophron (or. 2 fr. 3.45.29 Jensen = C.1).

(3) Poll. 9.156: τὸ δὲ πρᾶγμα Ὅμηρος μὲν ἔφη ‘φλέγμα κακὸν φορέουσα’, καὶ καῦμα δ’ ἂν ὁμοίως εἴποι τις βιαζόμενος, βέλτιον δὲ ἐμπρησμὸς καὶ πυρκαϊά· ἐν μέντοι τῷ Ὑπερείδου Ὑπὲρ Λυκόφρονος εὗρον γεγραμμένον ‘ἢ νεωρίων προδοσίαν ἢ ἀρχείων ἐμπυρισμὸν ἢ κατάληψιν ἄκρας’, καὶ οὕτως ἐγέγραπτο ἐν πλείοσι βιβλίοις.

Regarding the action [of burning], Homer (Il. 21.337) said ‘(a gale) bringing a baleful fire’, and if you really must, you might say similarly καῦμα (‘burning heat’), but [it is] better [to say] ἐμπρησμός and πυρκαϊά (‘fire’). And yet, in the [speech] In Defence of Lycophron by Hyperides (or. 2 fr. 3.45.29 Jensen = C.1), I found written ‘either the betrayal of dockyards, the burning (ἐμπυρισμόν) of public buildings, or the seizure of the Acropolis’, and so it is written in many books.

B. Other erudite sources

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C. Loci classici, other relevant texts

(1) Hyp. Lyc. fr. 3.45.28–30 Jensen: ἢ νεωρίων προδοσίαν ἢ ἀρχαίων ἐμπυρισμὸν ἢ κατάληψιν ἄκρας (cf. A.3).

The words quoted by Pollux were inserted by Blass (1894, 26) at the end of the fr. 3 of Hyperides’ speech, though he acknowledges that they could also be located in other parts of the speech; cf. also Jensen ad loc.

[…] either the abandonment of dockyards, the burning of public buildings, or the seizure of the Acropolis […] (Transl. Burtt 1954, 379, modified).