Ἐπιστάτης
chairman
Translated by David Whitehead1 Aug 2006Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
One of the prytaneis [sc. in classical Athens], chosen by lot, was known as the chairman. It was not possible for the same man to serve as chairman twice. He keeps the keys of the temple in which the public monies [are kept], and also the public seal. Whenever the prytaneis convene the council or the people, the chairman selects by lot nine proedroi, one from each tribe except the [tribe] in prytany. And again from these nine he selects by lot one chairman and hands over the business [to him];1 he himself introduces the lawsuit[s] and, in accordance with law, ensures that everything happens and nothing is omitted in the instruction of the jurors.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐπιστάτης· τῶν πρυτανέων εἷς ὁ λαχὼν ἐπιστάτης ἐλέγετο. δὶς δὲ τὸν αὐτὸν ἐπιστατῆσαι οὐκ ἐξῆν. φυλάσσει δὲ τοῦ ἱεροῦ τὰς κλεῖς, ἐν ᾧ τὰ δημόσια χρήματα, ἔτι μὴν καὶ τὴν δημοσίαν σφραγῖδα. ἐπειδὰν δὲ οἱ πρυτανεῖς συναγάγωσι τὴν βουλὴν ἢ τὸν δῆμον, ὁ ἐπιστάτης κληροῖ προέδρους ἐννέα, ἀπὸ φυλῆς ἑκάστης ἕνα, πλὴν τῆς πρυτανευούσης. καὶ πάλιν ἐκ τῶν ἐννέα τούτων ἐπιστάτην ἕνα κληροῖ καὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα παραδίδωσιν· αὐτὸς δὲ εἰσάγει τὴν δίκην καὶ ἐπιμελεῖται κατὰ νόμον πάντα γενέσθαι καὶ μηδὲν παραλειφθῆναι πρὸς τὸ διδαχθῆναι τοὺς δικαστάς.
Betacode
*)epista/ths: tw=n prutane/wn ei(=s o( laxw\n e)pista/ths e)le/geto. di\s de\ to\n au)to\n e)pistath=sai ou)k e)ch=n. fula/ssei de\ tou= i(erou= ta\s klei=s, e)n w(=| ta\ dhmo/sia xrh/mata, e)/ti mh\n kai\ th\n dhmosi/an sfragi=da. e)peida\n de\ oi( prutanei=s sunaga/gwsi th\n boulh\n h)\ to\n dh=mon, o( e)pista/ths klhroi= proe/drous e)nne/a, a)po\ fulh=s e(ka/sths e(/na, plh\n th=s prutaneuou/shs. kai\ pa/lin e)k tw=n e)nne/a tou/twn e)pista/thn e(/na klhroi= kai\ to\ pra=gma paradi/dwsin: au)to\s de\ ei)sa/gei th\n di/khn kai\ e)pimelei=tai kata\ no/mon pa/nta gene/sqai kai\ mhde\n paraleifqh=nai pro\s to\ didaxqh=nai tou\s dikasta/s.
Notes (1)
- See also epsilon 2612 (and pi 3000 for prytaneis; pi 2382 for proedroi).↩
- 1For the material so far cf. ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 44.1-2. (It then goes badly astray.)
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- cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead