Πινάκια
plates
Translated by David Whitehead15 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Those employed instead of lots by those being allotted. These seem to be bronze, as Demosthenes indicates in the [speech] On the Name.1 In the Philippics, when the orator says "a tiny, tiny little plate, Athenians"2, he is perhaps speaking of a little plate on which the charges against those being impeached are recorded.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πινάκια· τὰ καθιέμενα ἀντὶ κλήρων ὑπὸ τῶν κληρονόμων. ἔοικε δὲ ταῦτα εἶναι χαλκᾶ, ὡς ὑποσημαίνει Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ Περὶ τοῦ ὀνόματος. ἐν δὲ τοῖς Φιλιππικοῖς, ὅταν λέγῃ ὁ ῥήτωρ, μικρὸν, ὦ Ἀθηναῖοι, μικρὸν πινάκιον· τυχὸν πινάκιον λέγει, εἰς ὃ ἐγγράφεται τὰ ἐγκλήματα κατὰ τῶν εἰσαγγελλομένων.
Betacode
*pina/kia: ta\ kaqie/mena a)nti\ klh/rwn u(po\ tw=n klhrono/mwn. e)/oike de\ tau=ta ei)=nai xalka=, w(s u(poshmai/nei *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| *peri\ tou= o)no/matos. e)n de\ toi=s *filippikoi=s, o(/tan le/gh| o( r(h/twr, mikro\n, w)= *)aqhnai=oi, mikro\n pina/kion: tuxo\n pina/kion le/gei, ei)s o(\ e)ggra/fetai ta\ e)gklh/mata kata\ tw=n ei)saggellome/nwn.
Notes (2)
- Abridged from Harpokration s.v., who besides Demosthenes (below) cites Dinarchus fr. IX.5 Conomis.
cf. generally pi 1611, pi 1612, pi 1613. - 1Demosthenes 39.12 (web address 1). ↩
- 2Demosthenes 8.28 (web address 2). ↩
References
J.H. Kroll, Athenian Bronze Allotment Plates (Cambridge Mass. 1972)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- π1612Πινάκιονlittle board[Meaning a] wooden tablet. "The officials used to carry the little board from the general in the middle of the night."
- π1613Πινακίοιςon boardsThere was a custom for the taxiarchs to announce to their own soldiers, through a herald, what had been decided; for instance, where it was necessary to march, and how many days' provisions should be planned for.…
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