Δήμαρχοι
tribunes, demarchs, leaders of the people
Translated by William Hutton11 Jun 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
The people, having returned to their former good order, elected as tribunes Sicinnius and Brutus, who being invested with power equal to that of the consuls, wielded that authority for a year. They demagogued the masses with capricious policies.1
The demarchs [are] a constitutional term among the Athenians;2 they were formerly called naukraroi, and they had the power to take pledges. And Pherekrates [says]: "a certain demarch came into the dance and dissolved it."3 Those [who were] leaders deme by deme. These men used to arrange the festival of the Panathenaia.
The demarchs [are] a constitutional term among the Athenians;2 they were formerly called naukraroi, and they had the power to take pledges. And Pherekrates [says]: "a certain demarch came into the dance and dissolved it."3 Those [who were] leaders deme by deme. These men used to arrange the festival of the Panathenaia.