Present crisis and urgency
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
at once · crisis · eleventh hour · now · now or never · opportunity · present · present crisis · while there is yet time
spoken of as
1 expressionUrgency of the present crisis1 mention
Third Olynthiac (Greek)
but now comes the opportunity of another war.
in the texts
First Olynthiac
The time-sensitive condition requiring Athens to act before opportunity passes.
put your heart into the war, now or never.
choose whichever of them you think expedient, and, while there is yet time, grapple with the problem.
The present crisis, Athenians, calls on you, almost with an audible voice, to take into your own hands the control of your interests in the North, if you are really anxious to safeguard them.
Third Olynthiac
The immediate pressure to act before Athens loses the chance to resist Philip effectively.
but now comes the opportunity of another war.
Never was there a crisis that demanded more careful handling than the present.
Why, what better time or occasion could you find than the present, men of Athens?