Μετρονόμοι

weights-and-measures inspectors, metronomoi

Translated by David Whitehead7 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

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A particular official position at Athens was that of the weights-and-measures inspectors. Fifteen of their number were [assigned] to Peiraieus, nine to town.¹ Their job was to see to it that sellers used fair measures.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μετρονόμοι· ἀρχή τις Ἀθήνησιν ἡ τῶν μετρονόμων. ἦσαν δὲ τὸν ἀριθμὸν ιεʹ μὲν εἰς Πειραιᾶ, θʹ δὲ εἰς ἄστυ. εἶχον δὲ τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν ὅπως δίκαια ᾖ τὰ μέτρα τῶν πωλούντων.

Betacode

*metrono/moi: a)rxh/ tis *)aqh/nhsin h( tw=n metrono/mwn. h)=san de\ to\n a)riqmo\n ie# me\n ei)s *peiraia=, q# de\ ei)s a)/stu. ei)=xon de\ th\n e)pime/leian o(/pws di/kaia h)=| ta\ me/tra tw=n pwlou/ntwn.

Notes (1)

Abridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting on Dinarchus fr. XIX.8 Conomis.
1i.e. Athens. But these figures are textually corrupt. Harpok. reports the correct ones from ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 51.2 (web address 1): "They were ten in number, five...five...". ↩

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Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

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μ815Μέτριοιmoderates μ816Μέτρονmeasure μ817Μετρονόμοιweights-and-measures inspectors, metronomoi μ818Μέτρῳ ὕδωρ πίνοντες ἀμετρίαν δὲ μᾶζον ἔδοντεςdrinking water within limits but eating unlimited barley-bread μ819Μετοίκιονmetic-tax, metoikion

Revision history5 revisions · last 18 May 2016

18 May 2016Revised — David Whitehead
12 Jul 2011more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
7 Oct 2005another keyword — David Whitehead
17 Sep 2003augmented note; added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
16 Sep 2003modified translation and note, added link and keyword, set status — William Hutton
7 Dec 2000Translated — David Whitehead

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (1)

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